"But I'll say more: my wife is a wonderful woman..." Stepan Arkadyevitch sighed, remembering his position with his wife, and, after a moment's silence, resumed--"She has a gift of foreseeing things.

She sees right through people; but that's not all; she knows what will come to pass, especially in the way of marriages.

She foretold, for instance, that Princess Shahovskaya would marry Brenteln.