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of creating a fortune, but her heart could never
deeply attach itself to such an unsatisfactory
pursuit. To lose millions at one stroke would
not disturb her night’s rest, or add a wrinkle to
her brow, and she now beheld the loss of a
dream-fortune without the slightest grief. She
had wished to be rich, because all manifestations
of life tempted her, because her imaginative and
passionate nature made her wish to know
everything. But when she saw that all attempts
failed, she was instantly ready to give them up;
and now she devoted all her energy to comfort
and help her husband.
Strangely enough, this unassuming man, who
had never for a moment wished for riches, or
been tempted by the treasures they can procure,
had been much more ardent than his wife in
his desire to make a fortune in this way. It
seemed as if failure in itself would crush his
nature, while Sonia possessed, not only the rare
strength of submitting to the inevitable, but
also sufficient elasticity of mind to throw herself
into new tasks.
This time she succeeded in preventing a
collapse. Regardless of effort and humiliation,
she hurried to all their friends who had shared
in the enterprises, and an arrangement was made
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