Анна Кареніна

Chapter 22

           HerecoveredhimselfattheverymomentwhenthevoiceofCountessLidiaIvanovnawassaying“he’sasleep.”StepanArkadyevitchstartedwithdismay,feelingguiltyandcaught.Buthewasreassuredatoncebyseeingthatthewords“he’sasleep”referrednottohim,buttoLandau.TheFrenchmanwasasleepaswellasStepanArkadyevitch.ButStepanArkadyevitch’sbeingasleepwouldhaveoffendedthem,ashethought(thougheventhis,hethought,mightnotbeso,aseverythingseemedsoqueer),whileLandau’sbeingasleepdelightedthemextremely,especiallyCountessLidiaIvanovna.

           “Monami,”saidLidiaIvanovna,carefullyholdingthefoldsofhersilkgownsoasnottorustle,andinherexcitementcallingKareninnotAlexeyAlexandrovitch,but“monami,”“donnez-luilamain.Vousvoyez?Sh!”shehissedatthefootmanashecameinagain.“Notathome.”

           TheFrenchmanwasasleep,orpretendingtobeasleep,withhisheadonthebackofhischair,andhismoisthand,asitlayonhisknee,madefaintmovements,asthoughtryingtocatchsomething.AlexeyAlexandrovitchgotup,triedtomovecarefully,butstumbledagainstthetable,wentupandlaidhishandintheFrenchman’shand.StepanArkadyevitchgotuptoo,andopeninghiseyeswide,tryingtowakehimselfupifhewereasleep,helookedfirstatoneandthenattheother.Itwasallreal.StepanArkadyevitchfeltthathisheadwasgettingworseandworse.

           “Quelapersonnequiestarrivéeladernière,cellequidemande,qu’ellesorte!Qu’ellesorte!”articulatedtheFrenchman,withoutopeninghiseyes.

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