Анна Кареніна

Chapter 22

           

           “TheAmericanwayofdoingbusiness,”saidSviazhsky,withasmile.

           “Yes,theretheybuildinarationalfashion....”

           TheconversationpassedtothemisuseofpoliticalpowerintheUnitedStates,butAnnaquicklybroughtitroundtoanothertopic,soastodrawthestewardintotalk.

           “Haveyoueverseenareapingmachine?”shesaid,addressingDaryaAlexandrovna.“Wehadjustriddenovertolookatonewhenwemet.It’sthefirsttimeIeversawone.”

           “Howdotheywork?”askedDolly.

           “Exactlylikelittlescissors.Aplankandalotoflittlescissors.Likethis.”

           Annatookaknifeandforkinherbeautifulwhitehandscoveredwithrings,andbeganshowinghowthemachineworked.Itwasclearthatshesawnothingwouldbeunderstoodfromherexplanation;butawarethathertalkwaspleasantandherhandsbeautifulshewentonexplaining.

           “Morelikelittlepenknives,”Veslovskysaidplayfully,nevertakinghiseyesoffher.

           Annagaveajustperceptiblesmile,butmadenoanswer.“Isn’tittrue,KarlFedoritch,thatit’sjustlikelittlescissors?”shesaidtothesteward.

           “Oh,ja,”answeredtheGerman.“EsisteinganzeinfachesDing,”andhebegantoexplaintheconstructionofthemachine.

           “It’sapityitdoesn’tbindtoo.IsawoneattheViennaexhibition,whichbindswithawire,”saidSviazhsky.“Theywouldbemoreprofitableinuse.”

           “Eskommtdraufan....DerPreisvomDrahtmussausgerechnetwerden.”AndtheGerman,rousedfromhistaciturnity,turnedtoVronsky.“Daslässtsichausrechnen,Erlaucht.

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