Анна Каренина

Chapter 33

           Howniceitallwas!Thensherecalledthethin,terriblythinfigureofPetrov,withhislongneck,inhisbrowncoat,hisscant,curlyhair,hisquestioningblueeyesthatweresoterribletoKittyatfirst,andhispainfulattemptstoseemheartyandlivelyinherpresence.Sherecalledtheeffortsshehadmadeatfirsttoovercometherepugnanceshefeltforhim,asforallconsumptivepeople,andthepainsithadcosthertothinkofthingstosaytohim.Sherecalledthetimid,softenedlookwithwhichhegazedather,andthestrangefeelingofcompassionandawkwardness,andlaterofasenseofherowngoodness,whichshehadfeltatit.Howniceitallwas!Butallthatwasatfirst.Now,afewdaysago,everythingwassuddenlyspoiled.AnnaPavlovnahadmetKittywithaffectedcordiality,andhadkeptcontinualwatchonherandonherhusband.

           CouldthattouchingpleasureheshowedwhenshecamenearbethecauseofAnnaPavlovna’scoolness?

           “Yes,”shemused,“therewassomethingunnaturalaboutAnnaPavlovna,andutterlyunlikehergoodnature,whenshesaidangrilythedaybeforeyesterday:‘There,hewillkeepwaitingforyou;hewouldn’tdrinkhiscoffeewithoutyou,thoughhe’sgrownsodreadfullyweak.’”

           “Yes,perhaps,too,shedidn’tlikeitwhenIgavehimtherug.Itwasallsosimple,buthetookitsoawkwardly,andwassolongthankingme,thatIfeltawkwardtoo.Andthenthatportraitofmehedidsowell.Andmostofallthatlookofconfusionandtenderness!Yes,yes,that’sit!”Kittyrepeatedtoherselfwithhorror

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