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In January 1871, Sonia was obliged to
interrupt her studies to start on a very adventurous
journey.
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Aniuta, who soon wearied of her
monotonous life in Heidelberg, had gone to Paris
without her parents’ permission. She wanted to
train herself for the career of an authoress, and
felt that living shut up in a study with Sonia
did not suit her purpose. What she required
was acquaintances among literary people,
knowledge of real life and of the stage. Once escaped
from the paternal restraint, she boldly followed
her own devices. As she could not possibly
write to her father that she was in Paris, her
passionate craving for living life on her own
responsibility induced her to deceive him. So
her letters always went through Sonia’s hands,
and bore the German stamp. But gradually she
was drawn into relations, which entangled her
so completely, that she could not release herself,
and every day it became more difficult to confess
the truth to her parents.
She had formed an intimate connection with
a young Frenchman, who afterwards took a
leading position under the Commune; and she
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