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SÖNYA KOVALÉVSKY
She simply worried me and my sister Marflnka to
death! And did n’t brother Piötr catch it from her!
She would fly into a passion at one of the servants,
and would run straight into his study, and demand
that he should chastise the offender with his own
hands. He, in his kindheartedness, would object,
and would try to reason with her. Much good that
did! His arguments only made her more furiously
angry. She would fall foul of him, and begin to
abuse him with every bad word possible. And he’s
a regular marmot, not in the least like a man! It
made one feel ashamed to listen. At last she
perceives that she will not move him with words, so she
snatches an armful of his papers, books,— whatever
she can lay her hands on upon his table,—and flings
them all into the stove. ’ I won’t have any of this
rubbish in my house !’ she screams. It even
happened sometimes that she pulled a slipper from his
feet, and struck him on the cheeks with it. Truly!
And how she would lay on ! And he, dear, peaceable
dove, would not defend himself, and would only try
to hold her hands,— and so carefully, lest he should
hurt her,— and reprove her. ’What are you doing,
Nådenka 1 Come to your senses! Are n’t you
ashamed of yourself? And before the servants,
too !’ But she had no shame about her."
" How could uncle endure such treatment 1 Why
did n’t he leave his wife?" we exclaimed indignantly.
" Eh, my dears, does a man throw away his wedded
wife as he would a glove!" replied Aunt Anna
Vasilievna. " And I ought to add that she was not
unhappy with him, and that, nevertheless, he loved her
without bounds."
" Did he really love her 1 Such a wicked woman!"
"He loved her so, dear children, that he could
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