Dounia was simply essential to him, to do without her was unthinkable. For many years he had had voluptuous dreams of marriage, but he had gone on waiting and amassing money. He brooded with relish, in profound secret, over the image of a girl-virtuous, poor ( she must be poor), very young, very poor, of good birth and education, very timid, one who had suffered much and was completely humbled before him, one who would all her life look on him as her saviour, worship him and only him.
Fyodor Dostoevsky, “Crime and Punishment”.
A Bird's Eye View of Fashion, Food, Travel, Culture, Beverage and Curiosity 