Анна Кареніна

Chapter 20

           Youknowthatthroughhismotherandbrotherhecandoanything.Andthentheydosomuchgood.Hedidn’ttellyouabouthishospital?CeseraadmirableeverythingfromParis.”

           TheirconversationwasinterruptedbyAnna,whohadfoundthemenofthepartyinthebilliardroom,andreturnedwiththemtotheterrace.Therewasstillalongtimebeforethedinner-hour,itwasexquisiteweather,andsoseveraldifferentmethodsofspendingthenexttwohourswereproposed.TherewereverymanymethodsofpassingthetimeatVozdvizhenskoe,andthesewereallunlikethoseinuseatPokrovskoe.

           “Unepartiedelawn-tennis,”Veslovskyproposed,withhishandsomesmile.“We’llbepartnersagain,AnnaArkadyevna.”

           “No,it’stoohot;betterstrollaboutthegardenandhavearowintheboat,showDaryaAlexandrovnatheriverbanks.”Vronskyproposed.

           “Iagreetoanything,”saidSviazhsky.

           “IimaginethatwhatDollywouldlikebestwouldbeastrollwouldn’tyou?Andthentheboat,perhaps,”saidAnna.

           Soitwasdecided.VeslovskyandTushkevitchwentofftothebathingplace,promisingtogettheboatreadyandtowaitthereforthem.

           Theywalkedalongthepathintwocouples,AnnawithSviazhsky,andDollywithVronsky.Dollywasalittleembarrassedandanxiousinthenewsurroundingsinwhichshefoundherself.Abstractly,theoretically,shedidnotmerelyjustify,shepositivelyapprovedofAnna’sconduct.Asisindeednotunfrequentwithwomenofunimpeachablevirtue,wearyofthemonotonyofrespectableexistence,atadistanceshenotonlyexcusedillicitlove,shepositivelyenviedit.

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