Summary “On the Mountains”
She changed, Darya Sergeyevna reported to her father, she did not become so zealous in prayer, and, most importantly, everything with this Marya Ivanovna is secluded,
But Marco Danilych waved his hand at warnings and even let Dunia and Marya Ivanovna go to her relatives’ house near Ryazan.
In the steppe wilderness, on the upper reaches of the quiet Don, the Lupovitsky estate is located. The inhabitants of the manor profess the Khlyst faith and got their courtyard into it. Otherwise, do not keep secrets, and the mystery is necessary: this god-forgiving faith is persecuted by the government.
Lupovitsky fondled Dunya. Particularly affable was her poor niece, Marya Ivanovna Varenka, a smart and smart girl. Varenka gradually “enlightens” Dunya, informs her that Marya Ivanovna is “enlightened”, the Spirit of God lives in her and she is allowed to broadcast “the verbs of the belly.” Dunya looks forward to the hour when she
Gradually Dunya enters all the subtleties of the Khlyst rituals, and they invisibly entice her immature mind and heart.
On the night from Saturday to Sunday a “ship” (Khlyst meeting) is appointed.
A strong impression on Dunya of the fierce sorrow of “God’s people”, she herself falls into ecstasy. But when the girl comes to her senses and begins to consider what she has seen, her soul is embarrassed.
However, a week later Dunya decided to take initiation into “God’s people”. Again, doubts began to take hold of her.
However, the rite of “baptism of the Holy Spirit” was successful, Dunya even danced in the women’s circle.
The next day Dunya receives a letter from his father. Notified Marko Danilych that on business
Lupovitsky with the same mail, too, received a letter – from Yegor Sergeyevich Denisov. He informed me that he intends to visit the Lupovitsky in the near future, who had distant relatives of him.