Анна Каренина

Chapter 19

           

           Whenthesofteningeffectofthenearapproachofdeathhadpassedaway,AlexeyAlexandrovitchbegantonoticethatAnnawasafraidofhim,illateasewithhim,andcouldnotlookhimstraightintheface.Sheseemedtobewanting,andnotdaring,totellhimsomething;andasthoughforeseeingtheirpresentrelationscouldnotcontinue,sheseemedtobeexpectingsomethingfromhim.

           TowardstheendofFebruaryithappenedthatAnna’sbabydaughter,whohadbeennamedAnnatoo,fellill.AlexeyAlexandrovitchwasinthenurseryinthemorning,andleavingordersforthedoctortobesentfor,hewenttohisoffice.Onfinishinghiswork,hereturnedhomeatfour.Goingintothehallhesawahandsomegroom,inabraidedliveryandabearfurcape,holdingawhitefurcloak.

           “Whoishere?”askedAlexeyAlexandrovitch.

           “PrincessElizavetaFederovnaTverskaya,”thegroomanswered,anditseemedtoAlexeyAlexandrovitchthathegrinned.

           DuringallthisdifficulttimeAlexeyAlexandrovitchhadnoticedthathisworldlyacquaintances,especiallywomen,tookapeculiarinterestinhimandhiswife.Alltheseacquaintancesheobservedwithdifficultyconcealingtheirmirthatsomething;thesamemirththathehadperceivedinthelawyer’seyes,andjustnowintheeyesofthisgroom.Everyoneseemed,somehow,hugelydelighted,asthoughtheyhadjustbeenatawedding.Whentheymethim,withill-disguisedenjoymenttheyinquiredafterhiswife’shealth.

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