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A BIOGRAPHY
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stration which some pupil or the professor had made
on the blackboard during the lesson. He got more
and more confused and could not find out where the
mistake lay. Sönya told me how her heart beat when
at last she had the courage to rise and go up to the
blackboard, pointing out where the error lay.
"But our life à trois, so happy and so full,—for
M. Kovalévsky was deeply interested in all subjects,
even those which did not touch on science,—did not
last long.
" Sonya’s sister and her friend Inez arrived at the
beginning of the winter. They were both many years
our seniors. As we had not much room, Kovalévsky
decided to move and give up his room to them. Sönya
visited him very often, spending the whole day with
him, and they often took walks together without us.
It naturally was not pleasant for them to be
surrounded by so many women, especially as the two
recent arrivals were not always amiable toward
Kovalévsky. They had their peculiar ideas, and thought
that as the marriage, after all, was only a formal one,
Kovalévsky ought not to try to give a more intimate
aspect to his intercourse with his wife. This
interference caused irritation, and spoiled the good
understanding of our little circle.
"After a term spent thus, Kovalévsky decided to
leave Heidelberg, where he no longer felt at ease.
He went first to Jena, and then to Munich. There
lie lived for study alone. He was richly endowed by
nature, exceedingly industrious, very simple in his
habits, and with no desire for recreation. Sönya very
often said that a book and a glass of tea were all that
he needed to content him. This characteristic was not
quite pleasing to Sönya. She began to be jealous of
his studies when she found that they made up for the
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