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piano. She was going to prepare a great
surprise for Dostojevsky in practising the ‘Sonate
pathétique,’ which he had said was his favourite
piece.
It was rather a difficult task, but after some
time Tania mastered it pretty well, and was
only awaiting an opportunity to exhibit her
skill.
One day shortly before the Rajevskis were to
leave town, the two sisters were alone, as their
mother and aunts were going out to dinner.
Dostojevsky came in the evening; he seemed a
little nervous and queer, but not irritable, as he
was wont to be of late.
Tania, thinking how delighted he would be to
hear his favourite piece of music, sat down and
began to play. Anxious to do her very best,
she was soon so entirely absorbed by her music,
that she forgot everything else. At last she
had done, and feeling that she had really done
well was waiting for the applause from him for
whom all this trouble had been taken. But there
was deep silence. Tania looked round—the
room was empty.
Her heart sank; a vague misgiving seized her.
She went into the next room—nobody was there.
At last she came to the little corner-room, and
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