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The weakness of character which formed such
a striking contrast to his stately martial
appearance, had always made him the victim of others,
and he had never allowed himself to satisfy any
personal inclinations.
On account of this deficiency, his parents had
not thought him fit for the military career,
which in his youth was considered the only
suitable position for a nobleman; but they had
decided to keep him at home, and let him have
just as much education as would enable him not
to sink to the level of a rough country squire.
Whatever knowledge he possessed beyond these
first elements he had himself acquired; and he
had considerable reading, though of a desultory
kind, being very well grounded in some subjects,
and very defective in others, like most self-taught
people. He continued to live with his parents,
accepting his humble position without the
slightest resentment or dissatisfaction.
His younger and cleverer brothers patronised
him in a good-natured, inoffensive, way, and
looked upon him as an eccentric.
But suddenly the most unexpected thing
happened. Nadeschda Andrejevna N., the
greatest beauty and the richest heiress in the
government (county), honoured him with her
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