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"I did not begin the correspondence, Valentina Mihailovna." "That is true. As it happens, I am to blame in that. Only I could not think of any other means of arousing in you a feeling... how shall I say? A feeling " "You can speak quite plainly, Valentina Mihailovna. You need not be afraid of offending me." "A feeling... of propriety."
But it can hardly have been altogether due to Yulia Mihailovna. On the contrary; at first many people vied with one another in praising the new governor's wife for her success in bringing local society together, and for making things more lively.
'But how about that baron, your new acquaintance, is he coming to-day? asked Pigasov. 'Yes, he is coming. 'He is a great philosopher, they say; he is just brimming over with Hegel, I suppose? Darya Mihailovna made no reply, and making Alexandra Pavlovna sit down on the sofa, established herself near her. 'Philosophies, continued Pigasov, 'are elevated points of view!
'Bravo! cried Darya Mihailovna, 'Pigasov is jealous, he is jealous already! But Pigasov made her no rejoinder, and only gave her a rather cross look. Seven o'clock struck, and they were all assembled again in the drawing-room. 'He is not coming, clearly, said Darya Mihailovna.
They've all given me up in despair by now: 'he's got brains but he's dropped from the moon. Lembke invites me to enter the service so that I may be reformed. You know I treat him mockingly, that is, I compromise him and he simply stares, Yulia Mihailovna encourages it. Oh, by the way, Gaganov is in an awful rage with you. He said the nastiest things about you yesterday at Duhovo.
It was maintained in one group, for instance, that Yulia Mihailovna had arranged Liza's elopement with Stavrogin and had been paid by the latter for doing so. Even the sum paid was mentioned.
Mariana smiled for the first time. "I do not doubt your honour past, present, and to come," she began; "and I mean this quite sincerely. Your indignation is needless. I have brought no shame on your house. The young man whom you alluded to... yes, I have certainly... fallen in love with him." "You love Mr. Nejdanov?" "Yes, I love him." Valentina Mihailovna sat up straight in her chair.
Whether Yulia Mihailovna meant to punish her husband for his blunders of the last few days and the jealous envy he, as the chief authority in the town, felt for her administrative abilities; whether she was indignant at his criticism of her behaviour with the young people and local society generally, and lack of comprehension of her subtle and far-sighted political aims; or was angry with his stupid and senseless jealousy of Pyotr Stepanovitch however that may have been, she made up her mind not to be softened even now, in spite of its being three o'clock at night, and though Andrey Antonovitch was in a state of emotion such as she had never seen him in before.
Bassistoff was rolling up pellets of bread and thinking of nothing at all; even Pigasov was silent, and when Darya Mihailovna remarked to him that he had not been very polite to-day, he replied crossly, 'When am I polite? that's not in my line; and smiling grimly he added, 'have a little patience; I am only kvas, you know, du simple Russian kvas; but your Gentleman of the Bedchamber
Except Andrey Antonovitch no one had ever liked him. Yulia Mihailovna would have discarded him from the first, but could not overcome her husband's obstinacy. It was the cause of their first conjugal quarrel.
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