Анна Каренина

Chapter 5

           ButAlexeyAlexandrovitchsaidnothing,andthereforethelawyerwenton:“Themostusualandsimple,thesensiblecourse,Iconsider,isadulterybymutualconsent.Ishouldnotpermitmyselftoexpressitso,speakingwithamanofnoeducation,”hesaid,“butIimaginethattoyouthisiscomprehensible.”

           AlexeyAlexandrovitchwas,however,soperturbedthathedidnotimmediatelycomprehendallthegoodsenseofadulterybymutualconsent,andhiseyesexpressedthisuncertainty;butthelawyerpromptlycametohisassistance.

           “Peoplecannotgoonlivingtogetherhereyouhaveafact.Andifbothareagreedaboutit,thedetailsandformalitiesbecomeamatterofnoimportance.Andatthesametimethisisthesimplestandmostcertainmethod.”

           AlexeyAlexandrovitchfullyunderstoodnow.Buthehadreligiousscruples,whichhinderedtheexecutionofsuchaplan.

           “Thatisoutofthequestioninthepresentcase,”hesaid.“Onlyonealternativeispossible:undesigneddetection,supportedbyletterswhichIhave.”

           Atthementionoflettersthelawyerpurseduphislips,andgaveutterancetoathinlittlecompassionateandcontemptuoussound.

           “Kindlyconsider,”hebegan,“casesofthatkindare,asyouareaware,underecclesiasticaljurisdiction;thereverendfathersarefondofgoingintotheminutestdetailsincasesofthatkind,”hesaidwithasmile,whichbetrayedhissympathywiththereverendfathers’taste.“Lettersmay,ofcourse,beapartialconfirmation;butdetectioninthefacttheremustbeofthemostdirectkind,thatis,byeyewitnesses.

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