Анна Каренина

Chapter 19

           ButVronskyfeltthatnowespeciallyitwasessentialforhimtoclearupanddefinehispositionifheweretoavoidgettingintodifficulties.

           WhatVronskyattackedfirstasbeingtheeasiestwashispecuniaryposition.Writingoutonnotepaperinhisminutehandallthatheowed,headdeduptheamountandfoundthathisdebtsamountedtoseventeenthousandandsomeoddhundreds,whichheleftoutforthesakeofclearness.Reckoninguphismoneyandhisbankbook,hefoundthathehadleftonethousandeighthundredroubles,andnothingcominginbeforetheNewYear.Reckoningoveragainhislistofdebts,Vronskycopiedit,dividingitintothreeclasses.Inthefirstclassheputthedebtswhichhewouldhavetopayatonce,orforwhichhemustinanycasehavethemoneyreadysothatondemandforpaymenttherecouldnotbeamoment’sdelayinpaying.Suchdebtsamountedtoaboutfourthousand:onethousandfivehundredforahorse,andtwothousandfivehundredassuretyforayoungcomrade,Venovsky,whohadlostthatsumtoacardsharperinVronsky’spresence.Vronskyhadwantedtopaythemoneyatthetime(hehadthatamountthen),butVenovskyandYashvinhadinsistedthattheywouldpayandnotVronsky,whohadnotplayed.Thatwassofarwell,butVronskyknewthatinthisdirtybusiness,thoughhisonlyshareinitwasundertakingbywordofmouthtobesuretyforVenovsky,itwasabsolutelynecessaryforhimtohavethetwothousandfivehundredroublessoastobeabletoflingitattheswindler,andhavenomorewordswithhim.

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