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deeply she had wronged Fekluscha, and she was
very anxious to repair the evil she had done.
For this reason she and Alexandra concluded a
solemn offensive and defensive alliance against
Maria Vasiljevna. As both were fully convinced
of her guilt, they did not hesitate to go to the
extremity of secretly taking her keys, and
watching for the first opportunity when she was
out to search her drawers.
No sooner said than done. Alas, the result
showed that their suspicions were only too just.
The contents of the drawers proved beyond
doubt, that the miserable Maria Vasiljevna was
guilty of all the thefts that had created such
a sensation of late.
‘The shameless creature! to go and bribe
poor Fekluscha with jam in order to throw
suspicion on her! what an ungodly wretch, not
to have the slightest pity on the child!’
Njania exclaimed horror stricken, and quite
forgetting the part she had played herself in the
story—that it was her own hardness which had
pushed the girl to accuse herself falsely.
We can imagine the general’s fury when this
painful truth came to light.
In his first flash of anger, Ivan Sergejevitsch
meant to send for the police, and to have Maria
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