Анна Каренина

Chapter 5

           Waitalittle!”hecalledtoaclerkwhoputhisheadinatthedoor,buthegotupallthesame,saidafewwordstohim,andsatdownagain.“...Inthefollowingcases:physicaldefectinthemarriedparties,desertionwithoutcommunicationforfiveyears,”hesaid,crookingashortfingercoveredwithhair,“adultery”(thiswordhepronouncedwithobvioussatisfaction),“subdividedasfollows”(hecontinuedtocrookhisfatfingers,thoughthethreecasesandtheirsubdivisionscouldobviouslynotbeclassifiedtogether):“physicaldefectofthehusbandorofthewife,adulteryofthehusbandorofthewife.”Asbynowallhisfingerswereusedup,heuncrookedallhisfingersandwenton:“Thisisthetheoreticalview;butIimagineyouhavedonemethehonortoapplytomeinordertolearnitsapplicationinpractice.Andtherefore,guidedbyprecedents,Imustinformyouthatinpracticecasesofdivorcemayallbereducedtothefollowingthere’snophysicaldefect,Imayassume,nordesertion?...”

           AlexeyAlexandrovitchbowedhisheadinassent.

           Maybereducedtothefollowing:adulteryofoneofthemarriedparties,andthedetectioninthefactoftheguiltypartybymutualagreement,andfailingsuchagreement,accidentaldetection.Itmustbeadmittedthatthelattercaseisrarelymetwithinpractice,”saidthelawyer,andstealingaglanceatAlexeyAlexandrovitchhepaused,asamansellingpistols,afterenlargingontheadvantagesofeachweapon,mightawaithiscustomer’schoice.

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