Katherina Andreievna huddled beneath the brightly<br >embroidered comforter. Her heart pounded wildly,<br >and a lump of apprehension grew in her throat.<br > The last guests had left the estate more than an<br >hour before. At any moment, Count Pavel Pavlovich<br >Ostrov would open the large oak door, crawl into<br >bed beside her, and demand his full rights as a hus-<br >banct<br > For the first time since the announcement of her<br >engagement almost three months ago, Katherina felt<br >a stab of uncertainty. The decision to marry Pavel<br >Pavlovieh had been hers alone. Indeed, her mother<br >had tried desperately to talk her out of the match,<br >but Katherina had been convinced that they would<br >have a good marriage. The count was kind, intelligent,<br >and jovial Katherina had always felt at ease with<br >him, and even though be was thirty years older than<br >~he, she was sure he had a great deal of affeelSon for<br >her. In her younger years, she bad rejected the pro-<br >posals of at least three rich and handsome young men,<br >~~hom she judged empty-headed. Now, at twenty-<br >ave, she could no longer afford to be too choosy.<br > During the months of her engagement, life had<br >~een a flurry of uninterrupted activity. Her marriage<br >:o an influential member of Russia s Council of State<br >vas the most important social event of the season in<br >~lovgorod. Any doubts Katherina may have had were<br >~uried under the avalanche of details. Only now, as<br >he lay shivering, waiting for the an~val of the strang-<br >
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