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younger. She was of small and slender stature,
though her face was rather full; she had short,
curly chestnut hair, lively features, sparkling eyes
which continually changed their expression,
altogether a striking mixture of childlike naïveté
and depth of thought. She attracted everybody
by the unconscious grace which distinguished
her at this period of her life; old and young,
men and women, all were charmed. Most
natural in her manners, without a shadow
of coquetry, she did not seem to have any
idea of the general homage of which she was
the object. In fact, she paid no attention at all
to her appearance, or to her dress, which was
as plain as possible, even a little untidy—a
shortcoming which she never corrected. Her friend
says: ‘I remember one day, during a most
animated conversation, she kept fumbling with
the trimming of her left sleeve, of which some
stitches were undone, and after having pulled it
off altogether, she threw it on the floor, as if
pleased to get rid of it.’
The young couple spent six months in St
Petersburg, and then went to Heidelberg, where
Sonia wished to study mathematics, and her
husband geology. They entered their names as
students at the university, and afterwards went
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