Part 6 Chapter 5

"Varvara Andreevna, when I was very young, I set before myself the ideal of the women I loved and should be happy to call my wife. I have lived through a long life, and now for the first time I have met what I sought--in you. I love you, and offer you my hand."Sergey Ivanovitch was saying this to himself while he was ten paces from Varvara. Kneel