Анна Каренина

Chapter 6

           ButStremov,whohadfeltstungtothequickatthelastsitting,had,onthereceptionofthecommission’sreport,resortedtotacticswhichAlexeyAlexandrovitchhadnotanticipated.Stremov,carryingwithhimseveralmembers,wentovertoAlexeyAlexandrovitch’sside,andnotcontentinghimselfwithwarmlydefendingthemeasureproposedbyKarenin,proposedothermoreextrememeasuresinthesamedirection.Thesemeasures,stillfurtherexaggeratedinoppositiontowhatwasAlexeyAlexandrovitch’sfundamentalidea,werepassedbythecommission,andthentheaimofStremov’stacticsbecameapparent.Carriedtoanextreme,themeasuresseemedatoncetobesoabsurdthatthehighestauthorities,andpublicopinion,andintellectualladies,andthenewspapers,allatthesametimefellfoulofthem,expressingtheirindignationbothwiththemeasuresandtheirnominalfather,AlexeyAlexandrovitch.Stremovdrewback,affectingtohaveblindlyfollowedKarenin,andtobeastoundedanddistressedatwhathadbeendone.ThismeantthedefeatofAlexeyAlexandrovitch.Butinspiteoffailinghealth,inspiteofhisdomesticgriefs,hedidnotgivein.Therewasasplitinthecommission.Somemembers,withStremovattheirhead,justifiedtheirmistakeonthegroundthattheyhadputfaithinthecommissionofrevision,institutedbyAlexeyAlexandrovitch,andmaintainedthatthereportofthecommissionwasrubbish,andsimplysomuchwastepaper.

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