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Besides
this
,
it
was
clear
that
the
Epanchins
'
position
gained
each
year
,
with
geometrical
accuracy
,
both
as
to
financial
solidity
and
social
weight
;
and
,
therefore
,
the
longer
the
girls
waited
,
the
better
was
their
chance
of
making
a
brilliant
match
.
But
again
,
amidst
the
incontrovertible
facts
just
recorded
,
one
more
,
equally
significant
,
rose
up
to
confront
the
family
;
and
this
was
,
that
the
eldest
daughter
,
Alexandra
,
had
imperceptibly
arrived
at
her
twenty-fifth
birthday
.
Almost
at
the
same
moment
,
Afanasy
Ivanovitch
Totski
,
a
man
of
immense
wealth
,
high
connections
,
and
good
standing
,
announced
his
intention
of
marrying
.
Afanasy
Ivanovitch
was
a
gentleman
of
fifty-five
years
of
age
,
artistically
gifted
,
and
of
most
refined
tastes
.
He
wished
to
marry
well
,
and
,
moreover
,
he
was
a
keen
admirer
and
judge
of
beauty
.
Now
,
since
Totski
had
,
of
late
,
been
upon
terms
of
great
cordiality
with
Epanchin
,
which
excellent
relations
were
intensified
by
the
fact
that
they
were
,
so
to
speak
,
partners
in
several
financial
enterprises
,
it
so
happened
that
the
former
now
put
in
a
friendly
request
to
the
general
for
counsel
with
regard
to
the
important
step
he
meditated
.
Might
he
suggest
,
for
instance
,
such
a
thing
as
a
marriage
between
himself
and
one
of
the
general
's
daughters
?
Evidently
the
quiet
,
pleasant
current
of
the
family
life
of
the
Epanchins
was
about
to
undergo
a
change
.
The
undoubted
beauty
of
the
family
,
par
excellence
,
was
the
youngest
,
Aglaya
,
as
aforesaid
.
But
Totski
himself
,
though
an
egotist
of
the
extremest
type
,
realized
that
he
had
no
chance
there
;
Aglaya
was
clearly
not
for
such
as
he
.
Perhaps
the
sisterly
love
and
friendship
of
the
three
girls
had
more
or
less
exaggerated
Aglaya
's
chances
of
happiness
.
In
their
opinion
,
the
latter
's
destiny
was
not
merely
to
be
very
happy
;
she
was
to
live
in
a
heaven
on
earth
.
Aglaya
's
husband
was
to
be
a
compendium
of
all
the
virtues
,
and
of
all
success
,
not
to
speak
of
fabulous
wealth
.
The
two
elder
sisters
had
agreed
that
all
was
to
be
sacrificed
by
them
,
if
need
be
,
for
Aglaya
's
sake
;
her
dowry
was
to
be
colossal
and
unprecedented
.
The
general
and
his
wife
were
aware
of
this
agreement
,
and
,
therefore
,
when
Totski
suggested
himself
for
one
of
the
sisters
,
the
parents
made
no
doubt
that
one
of
the
two
elder
girls
would
probably
accept
the
offer
,
since
Totski
would
certainly
make
no
difficulty
as
to
dowry
.
The
general
valued
the
proposal
very
highly
.
He
knew
life
,
and
realized
what
such
an
offer
was
worth
.
The
answer
of
the
sisters
to
the
communication
was
,
if
not
conclusive
,
at
least
consoling
and
hopeful
.
It
made
known
that
the
eldest
,
Alexandra
,
would
very
likely
be
disposed
to
listen
to
a
proposal
.
Alexandra
was
a
good-natured
girl
,
though
she
had
a
will
of
her
own
.
She
was
intelligent
and
kind-hearted
,
and
,
if
she
were
to
marry
Totski
,
she
would
make
him
a
good
wife
.
She
did
not
care
for
a
brilliant
marriage
;
she
was
eminently
a
woman
calculated
to
soothe
and
sweeten
the
life
of
any
man
;
decidedly
pretty
,
if
not
absolutely
handsome
.
