Анна Кареніна

Chapter 22

           Unluckilytheydon’tunderstandtheweightthatthebiglandownersoughttohaveinthestate.”

           ItwasstrangetoDaryaAlexandrovnatohearhowserenelyconfidenthewasofbeingrightathisowntable.ShethoughthowLevin,whobelievedtheopposite,wasjustaspositiveinhisopinionsathisowntable.ButshelovedLevin,andsoshewasonhisside.

           “Sowecanreckonuponyou,count,forthecomingelections?”saidSviazhsky.“Butyoumustcomealittlebeforehand,soastobeonthespotbytheeighth.Ifyouwoulddomethehonortostopwithme.”

           “Iratheragreewithyourbeau-frère,”saidAnna,“thoughnotquiteonthesamegroundashe,”sheaddedwithasmile.“I’mafraidthatwehavetoomanyofthesepublicdutiesintheselatterdays.Justasinolddaysthereweresomanygovernmentfunctionariesthatonehadtocallinafunctionaryforeverysinglething,sonoweveryone’sdoingsomesortofpublicduty.Alexeyhasbeenherenowsixmonths,andhe’samember,Idobelieve,offiveorsixdifferentpublicbodies.Dutrainquecelava,thewholetimewillbewastedonit.AndI’mafraidthatwithsuchamultiplicityofthesebodies,they’llendinbeingamereform.Howmanyareyouamemberof,NikolayIvanitch?”sheturnedtoSviazhsky“overtwenty,Ifancy.”

           Annaspokelightly,butirritationcouldbediscernedinhertone.DaryaAlexandrovna,watchingAnnaandVronskyattentively,detecteditinstantly.Shenoticed,too,thatasshespokeVronsky’sfacehadimmediatelytakenaseriousandobstinateexpression.

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