Анна Каренина

Chapter 8

           Notniceasshewouldhavewishedtolookniceinolddaysataball,butnicefortheobjectwhichshenowhadinview.

           Inthechurchtherewasnoonebutthepeasants,theservantsandtheirwomen-folk.ButDaryaAlexandrovnasaw,orfanciedshesaw,thesensationproducedbyherchildrenandher.Thechildrenwerenotonlybeautifultolookatintheirsmartlittledresses,buttheywerecharminginthewaytheybehaved.Aliosha,itistrue,didnotstandquitecorrectly;hekeptturninground,tryingtolookathislittlejacketfrombehind;butallthesamehewaswonderfullysweet.Tanyabehavedlikeagrown-upperson,andlookedafterthelittleones.Andthesmallest,Lily,wasbewitchinginhernaïveastonishmentateverything,anditwasdifficultnottosmilewhen,aftertakingthesacrament,shesaidinEnglish,“Please,somemore.”

           Onthewayhomethechildrenfeltthatsomethingsolemnhadhappened,andwereverysedate.

           Everythingwenthappilyathometoo;butatlunchGrishabeganwhistling,and,whatwasworse,wasdisobedienttotheEnglishgoverness,andwasforbiddentohaveanytart.DaryaAlexandrovnawouldnothaveletthingsgosofaronsuchadayhadshebeenpresent;butshehadtosupporttheEnglishgoverness’sauthority,andsheupheldherdecisionthatGrishashouldhavenotart.Thisratherspoiledthegeneralgoodhumor.Grishacried,declaringthatNikolinkahadwhistledtoo,andhewasnotpunished,andthathewasn’tcryingforthetarthedidn’tcarebutatbeingunjustlytreated.

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