Анна Каренина

Chapter 22

           

           AndKorsunskybeganwaltzingwithmeasuredstepsstraighttowardsthegroupintheleftcorner,continuallysaying,“Pardon,mesdames,pardon,pardon,mesdames”;andsteeringhiscoursethroughtheseaoflace,tulle,andribbon,andnotdisarrangingafeather,heturnedhispartnersharplyround,sothatherslimankles,inlighttransparentstockings,wereexposedtoview,andhertrainfloatedoutinfanshapeandcoveredKrivin’sknees.Korsunskybowed,setstraighthisopenshirtfront,andgaveherhisarmtoconducthertoAnnaArkadyevna.Kitty,flushed,tookhertrainfromKrivin’sknees,and,alittlegiddy,lookedround,seekingAnna.Annawasnotinlilac,asKittyhadsourgentlywished,butinablack,low-cut,velvetgown,showingherfullthroatandshoulders,thatlookedasthoughcarvedinoldivory,andherroundedarms,withtiny,slenderwrists.ThewholegownwastrimmedwithVenetianguipure.Onherhead,amongherblackhairherown,withnofalseadditionswasalittlewreathofpansies,andabouquetofthesameintheblackribbonofhersashamongwhitelace.Hercoiffurewasnotstriking.Allthatwasnoticeablewasthelittlewilfultendrilsofhercurlyhairthatwouldalwaysbreakfreeaboutherneckandtemples.Roundherwell-cut,strongneckwasathreadofpearls.

           KittyhadbeenseeingAnnaeveryday;sheadoredher,andhadpicturedherinvariablyinlilac.Butnowseeingherinblack,shefeltthatshehadnotfullyseenhercharm.Shesawhernowassomeonequitenewandsurprisingtoher.

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