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the pleasures and pastimes which country life
can offer. Her whole education had aimed at
making her a shining star in society. From
her seventh year she used to be the queen of the
children’s balls in the large towns where her
parents lived, while her father was in active
service. Ivan Sergejevitsch was proud of his
daughter’s triumphs; he used to say, ‘Wait till
Aniuta is presented at Court, she will soon turn
the heads of all the Grand Dukes.’ Of course,
this was only a joke, but unfortunately the
children, especially Aniuta herself, took it in
real earnest.
Aniuta was a fine girl, tall and shapely, with
delicate complexion and fair curly hair; she
might almost be called a positive beauty;
besides, she had a peculiar charm of manners,
and was herself quite aware that she would be
able to lead in any society, if she chose. Under
these circumstances, she thought it dreadful to
waste her time in the dull solitude of Palibino.
Now and then she would go to her father
with tears in her eyes, and reproach him for
keeping her imprisoned in the country. The
first time he answered with a smile and a joke,
but when she repeated her complaint, he
explained to her that, under the present difficult
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