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Updated: July 17, 2025
Sonya's mother sat in the drawing-room and discussed women's rights and the works of Knut Hamsun. Sonya's mother liked this writer intensely, and loved to tell about her meeting with him abroad. There was an autographed portrait of Knut Hamsun upon her table and it was the object of much pride for the whole Svetilovitch family.
No circumstance, no earthly or heavenly power, could swerve him from the path which he acknowledged as the only true one, in so far as it conformed to Constitutional Democratic principles. The problem of expedience of conduct concerned Doctor Svetilovitch but little. The important thing was to be correct in principle.
"We'll have a look at them," said the Colonel dryly. "Don't be concerned about them, they will be kept in safety." Then they rummaged the other rooms. They searched the beds to see if there were any concealed fire-arms. When he returned into the study the Colonel of the gendarmerie said to Doctor Svetilovitch: "Well, try and see if you can find the papers of the strike committee."
It was evident from their selection that Father Zakrasin's interests were very broad. In general he liked that which was certain, convincing, and rational. His wife, Susanna Kirillovna, a good-looking, plump, and calm woman, who was wholly convinced of the justice of the Cadets' cause, was now sitting quietly on the sofa in the Svetilovitch drawing-room, and expounding truths.
It was signed by Doctor Svetilovitch, the Inspector, and the witnesses. When the uninvited guests left, the hosts and the invited guests sat down to supper. It was presently discovered that the beer prepared for the occasion had been consumed. At the same time the cap of one of the guests had disappeared. Its owner was very much disturbed. The cap became almost the sole topic of conversation.
He visited the Rameyevs and Trirodov in his carriage, which was harnessed to a pair of stout ponies. In inviting Trirodov, Doctor Svetilovitch asked him to read something from his own work at the gathering, something that would not make Sonya unpleasantly reminiscent. Trirodov agreed to this quite heartily, although he usually avoided reading his own work anywhere.
The look he had on his disagreeable face with its white eyebrows and eyelashes gave the impression that he was sniffing the air. In the drawing-room the Colonel of the gendarmerie was saying to Doctor Svetilovitch: "And now, M. Svetilovitch, will you be so good as to tell me with what object you have arranged this gathering?"
Deep oppression reigned in the Svetilovitch house. Sonya's mother wept, and bewailed her lot. Sonya's father spoke of the matter warmly and eloquently, with gesticulations, to his friends in his study and inevitably got into a state of indignation. Sonya's little brothers discussed plans of vengeance.
He always placed, however, the responsibility for the result this procedure achieved upon the shoulders of those who wished to follow along other lines. That was why Doctor Svetilovitch enjoyed extraordinary respect in his own party. Great weight was attached to his opinions, and in the matter of tactics his declarations were indisputable.
Doctor Svetilovitch replied with an ironic smile: "With the object of dancing and dining, nothing more. You can see for yourself that we are all peaceable folk." "Very well," said the Colonel in an authoritative, rude tone. "Are the names and families of all gathered here with the object you state known to you?"
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