Анна Каренина

Chapter 25

           InspiteofallthecunningandingenuityoftheGermansteward,whowouldtrytotempthimintopurchasesbymakinghisoriginalestimatealwaysfarlargerthanreallyrequired,andthenrepresentingtoVronskythathemightgetthethingcheaper,andsomakeaprofit,Vronskydidnotgivein.Helistenedtohissteward,cross-examinedhim,andonlyagreedtohissuggestionswhentheimplementtobeorderedorconstructedwastheverynewest,notyetknowninRussia,andlikelytoexcitewonder.Apartfromsuchexceptions,heresolveduponanincreasedoutlayonlywheretherewasasurplus,andinmakingsuchanoutlayhewentintotheminutestdetails,andinsistedongettingtheverybestforhismoney;sothatbythemethodonwhichhemanagedhisaffairs,itwasclearthathewasnotwasting,butincreasinghissubstance.

           InOctoberthereweretheprovincialelectionsintheKashinskyprovince,whereweretheestatesofVronsky,Sviazhsky,Koznishev,Oblonsky,andasmallpartofLevin’sland.

           Theseelectionswereattractingpublicattentionfromseveralcircumstancesconnectedwiththem,andalsofromthepeopletakingpartinthem.Therehadbeenagreatdealoftalkaboutthem,andgreatpreparationswerebeingmadeforthem.PersonswhoneverattendedtheelectionswerecomingfromMoscow,fromPetersburg,andfromabroadtoattendthese.VronskyhadlongbeforepromisedSviazhskytogotothem.BeforetheelectionsSviazhsky,whooftenvisitedVozdvizhenskoe,droveovertofetchVronsky.OnthedaybeforetherehadbeenalmostaquarrelbetweenVronskyandAnnaoverthisproposedexpedition

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