Анна Каренина

Chapter 12

           Afterwards,onadayfixedbeforehand,theexpectedofferwasmadetoherparents,andaccepted.Allhadpassedverysimplyandeasily.Soitseemed,atleast,totheprincess.Butoverherowndaughtersshehadfelthowfarfromsimpleandeasyisthebusiness,apparentlysocommonplace,ofmarryingoffone’sdaughters.Thepanicsthathadbeenlivedthrough,thethoughtsthathadbeenbroodedover,themoneythathadbeenwasted,andthedisputeswithherhusbandovermarryingthetwoeldergirls,DaryaandNatalia!Now,sincetheyoungesthadcomeout,shewasgoingthroughthesameterrors,thesamedoubts,andstillmoreviolentquarrelswithherhusbandthanshehadovertheeldergirls.Theoldprince,likeallfathersindeed,wasexceedinglypunctiliousonthescoreofthehonorandreputationofhisdaughters.Hewasirrationallyjealousoverhisdaughters,especiallyoverKitty,whowashisfavorite.Ateveryturnhehadsceneswiththeprincessforcompromisingherdaughter.Theprincesshadgrownaccustomedtothisalreadywithherotherdaughters,butnowshefeltthattherewasmoregroundfortheprince’stouchiness.Shesawthatoflateyearsmuchwaschangedinthemannersofsociety,thatamother’sdutieshadbecomestillmoredifficult.ShesawthatgirlsofKitty’sageformedsomesortofclubs,wenttosomesortoflectures,mixedfreelyinmen’ssociety;droveaboutthestreetsalone,manyofthemdidnotcurtsey,and,whatwasthemostimportantthing,allthegirlswerefirmlyconvincedthattochoosetheirhusbandswastheirownaffair,andnottheirparents’.

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