Анна Кареніна

Chapter 20

           “IspentthesummerinBaden,andyouwouldn’tbelieveit,Ifeltquiteayoungman.Ataglimpseofaprettywoman,mythoughts....Onedinesanddrinksaglassofwine,andfeelsstrongandreadyforanything.IcamehometoRussiahadtoseemywife,and,what’smore,gotomycountryplace;andthere,you’dhardlybelieveit,inafortnightI’dgotintoadressinggownandgivenupdressingfordinner.Needn’tsayIhadnothoughtsleftforprettywomen.Ibecamequiteanoldgentleman.Therewasnothingleftformebuttothinkofmyeternalsalvation.IwentofftoParisIwasasrightascouldbeatonce.”

           StepanArkadyevitchfeltexactlythedifferencethatPyotrOblonskydescribed.InMoscowhedegeneratedsomuchthatifhehadhadtobethereforlongtogether,hemightingoodearnesthavecometoconsideringhissalvation;inPetersburghefelthimselfamanoftheworldagain.

           BetweenPrincessBetsyTverskayaandStepanArkadyevitchtherehadlongexistedrathercuriousrelations.StepanArkadyevitchalwaysflirtedwithherinjest,andusedtosaytoher,alsoinjest,themostunseemlythings,knowingthatnothingdelightedhersomuch.ThedayafterhisconversationwithKarenin,StepanArkadyevitchwenttoseeher,andfeltsoyouthfulthatinthisjestingflirtationandnonsenseherecklesslywentsofarthathedidnotknowhowtoextricatehimself,asunluckilyhewassofarfrombeingattractedbyherthathethoughtherpositivelydisagreeable.Whatmadeithardtochangetheconversationwasthefactthathewasveryattractivetoher.

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