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family would generally join her in her projects,
as they brought some life and change into the
general dulness.
But nobody clung to her with more intense
interest and sympathy than Tania, who admired
her sister immensely, although her love was
mixed with the kind of jealousy one feels
secretly, almost unconsciously, of very near and
dear relations, whom one wishes to resemble in
every way.
Aniuta’s first besetting mania was
novel-reading, and she was particularly fond of
historical novels about the times of chivalry.
They were quite a revelation to her, and her
lively imagination revelled in this marvellous
and romantic world, and applied its ideas to
herself and her surroundings. She could
easily fancy herself a heroine of romance, and
Palibino an old mediæval castle, and she always
dated her letters from ‘Château Palibino.’
There was a room at the top of a tower
which was never used; Aniuta had it cleansed
from the dust and cobwebs of years, the walls
covered with ancient tapestry, and decorated
with arms from the lumber-room; and she made
it her own private residence. Her slender figure
with the tight-fitting white dress, and her long
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