Анна Кареніна

Chapter 23

           Hecouldnotliveburiedinthecountryasshewouldhavelikedtodo.Hemusthavesociety,andhehadputherinthisawfulposition,thebitternessofwhichhewouldnotsee.Andagain,itwashisfaultthatshewasforeverseparatedfromherson.

           Eventheraremomentsoftendernessthatcamefromtimetotimedidnotsootheher;inhistendernessnowshesawashadeofcomplacency,ofself-confidence,whichhadnotbeenofold,andwhichexasperatedher.

           Itwasdusk.Annawasalone,andwaitingforhimtocomebackfromabachelordinner.Shewalkedupanddowninhisstudy(theroomwherethenoisefromthestreetwasleastheard),andthoughtovereverydetailoftheiryesterday’squarrel.Goingbackfromthewell-remembered,offensivewordsofthequarreltowhathadbeenthegroundofit,shearrivedatlastatitsorigin.Foralongwhileshecouldhardlybelievethattheirdissensionhadarisenfromaconversationsoinoffensive,ofsolittlemomenttoeither.Butsoitactuallyhadbeen.Itallarosefromhislaughingatthegirls’highschools,declaringtheywereuseless,whileshedefendedthem.Hehadspokenslightinglyofwomen’seducationingeneral,andhadsaidthatHannah,Anna’sEnglishprotégée,hadnottheslightestneedtoknowanythingofphysics.

           ThisirritatedAnna.Shesawinthisacontemptuousreferencetoheroccupations.Andshebethoughtherofaphrasetopayhimbackforthepainhehadgivenher.“Idon’texpectyoutounderstandme,myfeelings,asanyonewholovedmemight,butsimpledelicacyIdidexpect,”shesaid.

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