How often she had thought about that question when she remembered her friend abroad and the irksome state of dependence in which Varenka lived, how often she had wondered what would be her own fate if she did not get married, and how many times she had argued about it with her sister.
Hányszor gondolkodott erről, eszébe jutván külföldi barátnőjének, Varenykának, nyomasztó rabsága, hányszor eltünődött azon is, mi lesz ő belőle, ha nem megy férjhez, és hányszor vitatkozott erről a nénjével!