Анна Каренина

Chapter 2

           

           “Oh,I’mnotexcited,mamma.Ifancyhewillmakeheranoffertoday.”

           “Ah,that’ssostrange,howandwhenamanmakesanoffer!...Thereisasortofbarrier,andallatonceit’sbrokendown,”saidDolly,smilingpensivelyandrecallingherpastwithStepanArkadyevitch.

           “Mamma,howdidpapamakeyouanoffer?”Kittyaskedsuddenly.

           “Therewasnothingoutoftheway,itwasverysimple,”answeredtheprincess,butherfacebeamedalloverattherecollection.

           “Oh,buthowwasit?Youlovedhim,anyway,beforeyouwereallowedtospeak?”

           Kittyfeltapeculiarpleasureinbeingablenowtotalktohermotheronequaltermsaboutthosequestionsofsuchparamountinterestinawoman’slife.

           “OfcourseIdid;hehadcometostaywithusinthecountry.”

           “Buthowwasitsettledbetweenyou,mamma?”

           “Youimagine,Idaresay,thatyouinventedsomethingquitenew?It’salwaysjustthesame:itwassettledbytheeyes,bysmiles....”

           “Hownicelyyousaidthat,mamma!It’sjustbytheeyes,bysmilesthatit’sdone,”Dollyassented.

           “Butwhatwordsdidhesay?”

           “WhatdidKostyasaytoyou?”

           “Hewroteitinchalk.Itwaswonderful....Howlongagoitseems!”shesaid.

           Andthethreewomenallfelltomusingonthesamething.Kittywasthefirsttobreakthesilence.Sherememberedallthatlastwinterbeforehermarriage,andherpassionforVronsky.

           “There’sonething...thatoldloveaffairofVarenka’s,”shesaid,anaturalchainofideasbringinghertothispoint.“IshouldhavelikedtosaysomethingtoSergeyIvanovitch,topreparehim.

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