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entered the university with downcast or
far-away-looking eyes. She never spoke to her
fellow-students when she could help it. These manners
highly pleased the German professors. And her
shyness was by no means simulated, it was
perfectly natural to her at that age. I remember
her coming home one day and telling me that
she had discovered a mistake which had been
made by one of the professors or pupils in a
demonstration on the black board. He got
more and more confused, and could not possibly
find the fault. With violently beating heart
Sonia at last made up her mind to get up and
point out the mistake.
‘Kovalevsky used to take a lively interest in
everything, which made him a very pleasant
companion. However, our happy life was not to
last long. At the beginning of winter Sonia’s
sister and her friend Inez arrived. Both were
several years older than we. As our
apartments were rather small, Kovalevsky thought he
had better find lodgings elsewhere, and leave his
room to the new comers. Sonia often visited
him, and sometimes spent whole days in his
company; they also took walks alone together.
Very naturally, it was not pleasant for them to
be continually surrounded by so many ladies,
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