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which satisfied all parties. She was rewarded
by her husband’s gratitude and admiration, and
a new era of happiness seemed to dawn upon them.
But the demon of Sonia’s dream now really
made his appearance. He was a kind of
adventurer in grand style, with whom Kovalevsky
had had business relations, and who now tried
to tempt him into new and dangerous speculations.
Sonia, who possessed to an unusual degree
the gift of penetrating character at first sight,
immediately took such a dislike to this man,
that she could not bear to see him in her house.
She besought her husband to keep aloof from
this bad adviser, to give up all speculations, as
she had done herself, and to return to scientific
work. But it was no use. Although about this
time, 1880-81, Kovalevsky was appointed
Professor of Palæontology at the University of
Moscow, where he and his wife were then residing, he
could not tear himself away from his grand
schemes, which were taking more and more
fantastic dimensions.
Kovalevsky was so blinded by his new and
dangerous ally, that he would not listen to his
wife’s objections. At last, as he could not make
her share his views, he excluded her from his
confidence, and acted on his own responsibility
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