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now found herself shut up in Paris during the
whole siege.
Sonia, in the greatest anxiety about her
sister’s fate, and oppressed by her responsibility
in having helped Aniuta in her secret journey,
made up her mind, as soon as the siege had
been raised, to try to get into Paris accompanied
by her husband, and to search for her sister.
When in after times Sonia spoke of this
journey, she was hardly able to explain how
they succeeded in getting into the city,
breaking through the German lines. They walked
along the Seine till they discovered an empty
boat which had been pulled ashore. They
immediately took possession of it and set
off, but had scarcely gone a few yards when a
sentry caught sight of them and gave the
alarm. Without answering they hurried on,
and owing either to negligence or indifference
on the part of the guards, they succeeded
in escaping to the opposite shore, and in
entering Paris unnoticed, just at the first
outbreak of the Commune.
Years afterwards, Sonia had an idea of
publishing some of their experiences in literary form;
but, alas, this plan, as well as many others,
went to the grave with her. One of her ideas
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