Анна Каренина

Chapter 21

           Buttodragthatfardeauaboutwithyouwithoutmarriage,yourhandswillalwaysbesofullthatyoucandonothing.LookatMazankov,atKrupov.They’veruinedtheircareersforthesakeofwomen.”

           “Whatwomen!”saidVronsky,recallingtheFrenchwomanandtheactresswithwhomthetwomenhehadmentionedwereconnected.

           “Thefirmerthewoman’sfootinginsociety,theworseitis.That’smuchthesameasnotmerelycarryingthefardeauinyourarmsbuttearingitawayfromsomeoneelse.”

           “Youhaveneverloved,”Vronskysaidsoftly,lookingstraightbeforehimandthinkingofAnna.

           “Perhaps.ButyourememberwhatI’vesaidtoyou.Andanotherthing,womenareallmorematerialisticthanmen.Wemakesomethingimmenseoutoflove,buttheyarealwaysterre-à-terre.”

           “Directly,directly!”hecriedtoafootmanwhocamein.Butthefootmanhadnotcometocallthemagain,ashesupposed.ThefootmanbroughtVronskyanote.

           “AmanbroughtitfromPrincessTverskaya.”

           Vronskyopenedtheletter,andflushedcrimson.

           “Myhead’sbeguntoache;I’mgoinghome,”hesaidtoSerpuhovskoy.

           “Oh,good-byethen.Yougivemecarteblanche!”

           “We’lltalkaboutitlateron;I’lllookyouupinPetersburg.”

           

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