Анна Каренина

Chapter 5

           

           “Beforebeginningtospeakofmybusiness,”saidAlexeyAlexandrovitch,followingthelawyer’smovementswithwonderingeyes,“IoughttoobservethatthebusinessaboutwhichIhavetospeaktoyouistobestrictlyprivate.”

           Thelawyer’soverhangingreddishmustacheswerepartedinascarcelyperceptiblesmile.

           “IshouldnotbealawyerifIcouldnotkeepthesecretsconfidedtome.Butifyouwouldlikeproof....”

           AlexeyAlexandrovitchglancedathisface,andsawthattheshrewd,grayeyeswerelaughing,andseemedtoknowallaboutitalready.

           “Youknowmyname?”AlexeyAlexandrovitchresumed.

           “Iknowyouandthegood”againhecaughtamoth“workyouaredoing,likeeveryRussian,”saidthelawyer,bowing.

           AlexeyAlexandrovitchsighed,pluckinguphiscourage.Buthavingoncemadeuphismindhewentoninhisshrillvoice,withouttimidityorhesitation,accentuatinghereandthereaword.

           “Ihavethemisfortune,”AlexeyAlexandrovitchbegan,“tohavebeendeceivedinmymarriedlife,andIdesiretobreakoffallrelationswithmywifebylegalmeansthatis,tobedivorced,buttodothissothatmysonmaynotremainwithhismother.”

           Thelawyer’sgrayeyestriednottolaugh,buttheyweredancingwithirrepressibleglee,andAlexeyAlexandrovitchsawthatitwasnotsimplythedelightofamanwhohasjustgotaprofitablejob:therewastriumphandjoy,therewasagleamlikethemalignantgleamhesawinhiswife’seyes.

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