Анна Каренина

Chapter 30

           

           Andherelatedhowapeasanthadstolensomeflourfromthemiller,andwhenthemillertoldhimofit,hadlodgedacomplaintforslander.Allthiswasutterlyuncalledforandstupid,andLevinfeltithimselfashesaidit.

           “Oh,thisissuchanoriginalfellow!”saidStepanArkadyevitchwithhismostsoothing,almond-oilsmile.“Butcomealong;Ithinkthey’revoting....”

           Andtheyseparated.

           “Ican’tunderstand,”saidSergeyIvanovitch,whohadobservedhisbrother’sclumsiness,“Ican’tunderstandhowanyonecanbesoabsolutelydevoidofpoliticaltact.That’swhereweRussiansaresodeficient.Themarshaloftheprovinceisouropponent,andwithhimyou’reamicochon,andyoubeghimtostand.CountVronsky,now...I’mnotmakingafriendofhim;he’saskedmetodinner,andI’mnotgoing;buthe’soneofoursidewhymakeanenemyofhim?ThenyouaskNevyedovskyifhe’sgoingtostand.That’snotathingtodo.”

           “Oh,Idon’tunderstanditatall!Andit’sallsuchnonsense,”Levinansweredgloomily.

           “Yousayit’sallsuchnonsense,butassoonasyouhaveanythingtodowithit,youmakeamuddle.”

           Levindidnotanswer,andtheywalkedtogetherintothebigroom.

           Themarshaloftheprovince,thoughhewasvaguelyconsciousintheairofsometrapbeingpreparedforhim,andthoughhehadnotbeencalleduponbyalltostand,hadstillmadeuphismindtostand.Allwassilenceintheroom.Thesecretaryannouncedinaloudvoicethatthecaptainoftheguards,MihailStepanovitchSnetkov,wouldnowbeballotedforasmarshaloftheprovince.

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