My grandfather's business prospered, and my grandmother bore him children, several sons and one daughter.

The sons were sent to heder, like all respectable boys; and they were taught, in addition, writing and arithmetic, enough for conducting a business.

With this my grandfather was content; more than this he considered incompatible with piety.

He was one of those who strenuously opposed the influence of the public school, and bribed the government officials to keep their children's names off the register of schoolboys, as we have already seen.

When he sent his sons to a private tutor, where they could study Russian with their hats on, he felt, no doubt, that he was giving them all the education necessary to a successful business career, without violating piety too grossly.
If reading and writing were enough for the sons, even less would suffice the daughter.