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eventful time to satisfy her longing for strong
emotions. She was passionately fond of the
man who sat at her side in the arm-chair, with
a tired, somewhat satirical expression; her love
was so intense and jealous, that it promised
to offer constant and sufficient excitement. The
younger sister, hitherto, it is true, had only lived
in her intelligence, but her thirst for knowledge
had been so completely satisfied, nay, satiated,
that she was incapable at present of working any
more with her brain. She spent her time in
reading novels, playing cards, and mixing in the
society of the neighbourhood, where intellectual
interests were scarcely cultivated at all.
The greatest source of joy to Sonia at this
time was the change that had taken place in her
father. Like herself, he was one of those who,
through intelligence and reflection, are able to
modify and improve their character, and the
roughness and despotism, which used formerly
to be characteristic of him, had been softened
under the hard trials to which his daughters had
subjected him. He discovered by experience,
that such power as he had claimed to exercise
in his younger years cannot be arrogated with
impunity, even by parents over their children.
So he now tolerated with indulgence the radical
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