Анна Каренина

Chapter 30

           Butitwasnotsomuchfromill-healthasfrompridesoPrincessShtcherbatskayainterpreteditthatMadameStahlhadnotmadetheacquaintanceofanyoneamongtheRussiansthere.TheRussiangirllookedafterMadameStahl,andbesidesthat,shewas,asKittyobserved,onfriendlytermswithalltheinvalidswhowereseriouslyill,andthereweremanyofthematthesprings,andlookedaftertheminthemostnaturalway.ThisRussiangirlwasnot,asKittygathered,relatedtoMadameStahl,norwassheapaidattendant.MadameStahlcalledherVarenka,andotherpeoplecalledher“MademoiselleVarenka.”ApartfromtheinterestKittytookinthisgirl’srelationswithMadameStahlandwithotherunknownpersons,Kitty,asoftenhappened,feltaninexplicableattractiontoMademoiselleVarenka,andwasawarewhentheireyesmetthatshetoolikedher.

           OfMademoiselleVarenkaonewouldnotsaythatshehadpassedherfirstyouth,butshewas,asitwere,acreaturewithoutyouth;shemighthavebeentakenfornineteenorforthirty.Ifherfeatureswerecriticizedseparately,shewashandsomeratherthanplain,inspiteofthesicklyhueofherface.Shewouldhavebeenagoodfigure,too,ifithadnotbeenforherextremethinnessandthesizeofherhead,whichwastoolargeforhermediumheight.Butshewasnotlikelytobeattractivetomen.Shewaslikeafineflower,alreadypastitsbloomandwithoutfragrance,thoughthepetalswerestillunwithered.

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