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Nezhdanoff gets a home teacher from the Sipyagins at a time when he is in great need of money, even more in changing the situation. Now he can rest and gather strength, most importantly – he “fell out of the care of the Petersburg friends.”
In Petersburg he lived in a dark little room with an iron bed, bookshelves, books, and two unwashed windows. In this room, once appeared a solid, overly self-confident gentleman – known to the official Petersburg, Boris Andreevich Sipyagin. For the summer he needs a teacher for his son, and Prince G. (“seems to be your relative”) recommended adjutant to Alexei Dmitrievich.
At the word “relative” Nezhdanoff instantly blushes. Prince G. – one of his brothers, who do not recognize him, illegitimate, but paying him by the will of the late father an annual “pension.” Alexey all his life suffers from the ambiguity of his position. For this reason, he is so painfully self-centered,
Now Nezhdanoff was resting from it all. He was not alien to the aesthetic, wrote poetry and carefully concealed it to “be like everyone else.”
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The tendency to subordinate and top it up is especially evident in relations with Marianna, her husband’s niece. Her father, the general, was convicted of embezzlement and sent to Siberia, then forgiven, returned, but died in extreme poverty. Soon the mother died, and Marianna was sheltered by Uncle Boris Andreevich. The girl lives on the position of a poor relative, gives lessons to the French son of the Sipyagins and is very burdened by her dependence on the powerful “aunt”.
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