Анна Каренина

Chapter 13

           Don’tIknowperfectlywellthatmyfriendswouldneverallowmetofightaduelwouldneverallowthelifeofastatesman,neededbyRussia,tobeexposedtodanger?Knowingperfectlywellbeforehandthatthematterwouldnevercometorealdanger,itwouldamounttomysimplytryingtogainacertainshamreputationbysuchachallenge.Thatwouldbedishonest,thatwouldbefalse,thatwouldbedeceivingmyselfandothers.Aduelisquiteirrational,andnooneexpectsitofme.Myaimissimplytosafeguardmyreputation,whichisessentialfortheuninterruptedpursuitofmypublicduties.”Officialduties,whichhadalwaysbeenofgreatconsequenceinAlexeyAlexandrovitch’seyes,seemedofspecialimportancetohismindatthismoment.Consideringandrejectingtheduel,AlexeyAlexandrovitchturnedtodivorceanothersolutionselectedbyseveralofthehusbandsheremembered.Passinginmentalreviewalltheinstancesheknewofdivorces(therewereplentyofthemintheveryhighestsocietywithwhichhewasveryfamiliar),AlexeyAlexandrovitchcouldnotfindasingleexampleinwhichtheobjectofdivorcewasthatwhichhehadinview.Inalltheseinstancesthehusbandhadpracticallycededorsoldhisunfaithfulwife,andtheverypartywhich,beinginfault,hadnottherighttocontractafreshmarriage,hadformedcounterfeit,pseudo-matrimonialtieswithaself-styledhusband.Inhisowncase,AlexeyAlexandrovitchsawthatalegaldivorce,thatistosay,oneinwhichonlytheguiltywifewouldberepudiated,wasimpossibleofattainment.

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