Why does Varvara Petrovna Stavrogina plan for Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky to marry Dasha? He thinks it is to cover up for her son, which make me think Dasha may be pregnant by Nikolai, who is certainly the father of Shatov’s wife’s baby.
But Dasha is not pregnant. What is Verkovesky’s suspicion then? And why does Mrs Stavrogina want them married?