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flourish. Their friends prophesied a glorious
future, and when in 1878 their first and only
child was born, this daughter was hailed as a
great heiress. But, as usual, Sonia had ominous
forebodings of misfortunes. One of her intimate
friends at the time remembers, that on the very
day when there was to be a grand ceremony
in honour of their first house, of which the
foundation stone was to be laid, Sonia said, that
the day was spoilt for her by a dream she had
had the previous night. She had seen herself
standing on the site of the new house, surrounded
by a large crowd which had assembled to
witness the ceremony; all of a sudden people
had separated, and in the midst of them her
husband had appeared, fighting with a diabolical
man, who fell upon him, and with a sardonic
laugh, knocked him down.
For a long time she remained uneasy and
downhearted on account of this dream, which
was to be most sadly fulfilled.
When all their speculations, after having been
started in the grandest style, failed one after
another, Sonia’s energy and strength of mind
revealed themselves in all their superiority. For
a moment she might be tempted to use her
intelligence and inventive power for the purpose
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