Part IV Ch. I - V Summary

Varya comes back from the Yepanchin's house depressed. She has been going to the Yepanchins everyday on behalf of her brother in order to help him win Aglaya's hand. When she arrives at her house, she hears her husband and Ganja arguing. She enters to find her husband gone, but Ganja still in the room. Ganja says he wants to throw his father out, as he is making a fool of them. That day their father had already made their mother cry. Varya changes the subject to Aglaya. She says Aglaya is now formally engaged to the Prince, and she doubts her brother has any chance of marrying her. To her surprise, Ganja takes the news well. However, when Varya mention their father was at the Yephanchin's house the previous day, his anger...