Chapter 4

           

           DaryaAlexandrovna,inadressingjacket,andwithhernowscanty,onceluxuriantandbeautifulhairfastenedupwithhairpinsonthenapeofherneck,withasunken,thinfaceandlarge,startledeyes,whichlookedprominentfromthethinnessofherface,wasstandingamongalitterofallsortsofthingsscatteredallovertheroom,beforeanopenbureau,fromwhichshewastakingsomething.Hearingherhusband’ssteps,shestopped,lookingtowardsthedoor,andtryingassiduouslytogiveherfeaturesasevereandcontemptuousexpression.Shefeltshewasafraidofhim,andafraidofthecominginterview.Shewasjustattemptingtodowhatshehadattemptedtodotentimesalreadyintheselastthreedaystosortoutthechildren’sthingsandherown,soastotakethemtohermother’sandagainshecouldnotbringherselftodothis;butnowagain,aseachtimebefore,shekeptsayingtoherself,“thatthingscannotgoonlikethis,thatshemusttakesomestep”topunishhim,puthimtoshame,avengeonhimsomelittlepartatleastofthesufferinghehadcausedher.Shestillcontinuedtotellherselfthatsheshouldleavehim,butshewasconsciousthatthiswasimpossible;itwasimpossiblebecauseshecouldnotgetoutofthehabitofregardinghimasherhusbandandlovinghim.Besidesthis,sherealizedthatifevenhereinherownhouseshecouldhardlymanagetolookafterherfivechildrenproperly,theywouldbestillworseoffwhereshewasgoingwiththemall.

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