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A BIOGRAPHY
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life at tliis period is described by the friend already
quoted, who had, we may remark in passing, received
through Sonya’s intervention her parents’ permission
to study.
"A few days after my arrival in Heidelberg, in
October, 1869, Sönya and her husband arrived from
England. She seemed very happy and pleased with
her journey. She was as fresh, rosy, and joyous as
when I first saw her. But there was an increased fire
and sparkle in her eyes. She felt within her the
development of new vigor and energy in the pursuit of
the studies she had barely begun. Her serious
aspirations did not prevent her, however, from finding
enjoyment even in the simplest things. I well remember
our walk together the day after their arrival. We had
wandered about in the neighborhood of the town, and
when we came to a level road we two young girls began
to run races like children. Oh, how fresh are those
memories of the early days of our University life!
Sönya seemed to me so very happy, and that in such
a noble way; yet, when in after-years she spoke of her
youth, it was always with a deep bitterness, as though
she had wasted it. At such times I remembered those
first happy months in Heidelberg; those enthusiastic
discussions on every kind of topic, and her poetical
relationship to her young husband, who in those days
adored her with quite an ideal love, without any
mixture of less noble feeling. She seemed to love him in
the same way, and both were innocent of those lower
passions which usually go by the name of love. When
I think of all this, it seems to me that Sönya had no
reason to complain. Her youth was really filled with
noble feelings and aspirations, and she had at her side
a man, with his feelings completely under control, who
loved her tenderly. This was the only time I have
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