Анна Каренина

Chapter 21

           Russianeedsmen;sheneedsaparty,orelseeverythinggoesandwillgotothedogs.”

           “Howdoyoumean?Bertenev’spartyagainsttheRussiancommunists?”

           “No,”saidSerpuhovskoy,frowningwithvexationatbeingsuspectedofsuchanabsurdity.“Toutçaestuneblague.That’salwaysbeenandalwayswillbe.Therearenocommunists.Butintriguingpeoplehavetoinventanoxious,dangerousparty.It’sanoldtrick.No,what’swantedisapowerfulpartyofindependentmenlikeyouandme.”

           “Butwhyso?”Vronskymentionedafewmenwhowereinpower.“Whyaren’ttheyindependentmen?”

           “Simplybecausetheyhavenot,orhavenothadfrombirth,anindependentfortune;they’venothadaname,they’venotbeenclosetothesunandcenteraswehave.Theycanbeboughteitherbymoneyorbyfavor.Andtheyhavetofindasupportforthemselvesininventingapolicy.Andtheybringforwardsomenotion,somepolicythattheydon’tbelievein,thatdoesharm;andthewholepolicyisreallyonlyameanstoagovernmenthouseandsomuchincome.Celan’estpasplusfinqueça,whenyougetapeepattheircards.Imaybeinferiortothem,stupiderperhaps,thoughIdon’tseewhyIshouldbeinferiortothem.ButyouandIhaveoneimportantadvantageoverthemforcertain,inbeingmoredifficulttobuy.Andsuchmenaremoreneededthanever.

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