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A BIOGRAPHY 183
The want of practical knowledge in her friend, too,
contributed greatly to make their merely material life
together unbearable. They always chanced on the
most miserable lodgings, the worst servants, the worst
food. Once they fell into the hands of a whole gang
of thieves, who systematically plundered them. They
had noticed that one of the maid-servants had been
stealing their things for a long time. When they
reproached her she grew impertinent, and they were
obliged to dismiss her at a moment’s notice. The same
evening, as they sat alone, having no one to help them
to make their beds for the night, some one knocked at
the window, which was on the ground floor. Looking
out, they saw a strange woman peering in. They
called out anxiously to know what she wanted. She
replied that she wanted to enter their service. She
impressed them disagreeably, but such was their
helplessness that, frightened though they were, they
engaged her. This woman managed so to terrorize
them, and plundered them so outrageously, that they
had to call in the police before they could get rid
of her.
Sönya was, however, very indifferent to the material
side of life. She barely noticed whether her food was
good or bad, whether her room was tidy, or her clothes
in good order or torn. It was only when things got to
be quite unbearable that she became conscious of them.
But when she had no practical friend at hand, this
happened pretty often.
In January, 1871, Sönya was obliged to break off
her studies with Weierstrass to set forth on a most
adventurous expedition.
Aniuta had wearied of her monotonous life at
Heidelberg, and gone to Paris without her parents’
permission. She wanted to educate herself as an authoress,
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