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Chapter 4

           Buttohisgreat,andnotentirelypleasurableamazement,hediscoveredthatthiswasbynomeansthecase,andthatwerehetoofferhimselfhewouldberefused.Hecouldnotunderstandsuchastateofthings,andwasobligedtoconcludethatitwaspride,theprideofaninjuredandimaginativewoman,whichhadgonetosuchlengthsthatitpreferredtositandnurseitscontemptandhatredinsolituderatherthanmounttoheightsofhithertounattainablesplendour.Tomakemattersworse,shewasquiteimpervioustomercenaryconsiderations,andcouldnotbebribedinanyway.

           Finally,Totskitookcunningmeanstotrytobreakhischainsandbefree.Hetriedtotemptherinvariouswaystoloseherheart;heinvitedprinces,hussars,secretariesofembassies,poets,novelists,evenSocialists,toseeher;butnotoneofthemallmadethefaintestimpressionuponNastasia.Itwasasthoughshehadapebbleinplaceofaheart,asthoughherfeelingsandaffectionsweredriedupandwitheredforever.

           Shelivedalmostentirelyalone;sheread,shestudied,shelovedmusic.Herprincipalacquaintanceswerepoorwomenofvariousgrades,acoupleofactresses,andthefamilyofapoorschoolteacher.Amongthesepeopleshewasmuchbeloved.

           Shereceivedfourorfivefriendssometimes,ofanevening.Totskioftencame.Lately,too,GeneralEpanchinhadbeenenabledwithgreatdifficultytointroducehimselfintohercircle.

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