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Chapter 1

           Itwouldhavebeeninconsistentwithhercharacterifinthesevisitsshehadbeenpursuingachimera;herprojectwasnotchimericalatall;shewasbuildingonafirmbasisonherknowledgeofthecharacteroftheEpanchinfamily,especiallyAglaya,whomshestudiedclosely.AllVarvara’seffortsweredirectedtowardsbringingAglayaandGaniatogether.Perhapssheachievedsomeresult;perhaps,also,shemadethemistakeofdependingtoomuchuponherbrother,andexpectingmorefromhimthanhewouldeverbecapableofgiving.Howeverthismaybe,hermanoeuvreswereskilfulenough.ForweeksatatimeshewouldnevermentionGania.Herattitudewasmodestbutdignified,andshewasalwaysextremelytruthfulandsincere.Examiningthedepthsofherconscience,shefoundnothingtoreproachherselfwith,andthisstillfurtherstrengthenedherinherdesigns.ButVarvaraArdalionovnasometimesremarkedthatshefeltspiteful;thattherewasagooddealofvanityinher,perhapsevenofwoundedvanity.Shenoticedthisatcertaintimesmorethanatothers,andespeciallyafterhervisitstotheEpanchins.

           Today,asIhavesaid,shereturnedfromtheirhousewithaheavyfeelingofdejection.Therewasasensationofbitterness,asortofmockingcontempt,mingledwithit.

           Arrivedatherownhouse,Variaheardaconsiderablecommotiongoingonintheupperstorey,anddistinguishedthevoicesofherfatherandbrother.OnenteringthesalonshefoundGaniapacingupanddownatfranticspeed,palewithrageandalmosttearinghishair.

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