Chapter 25

           

           Feelingthatthereconciliationwascomplete,Annaseteagerlytoworkinthemorningpreparingfortheirdeparture.ThoughitwasnotsettledwhethertheyshouldgoonMondayorTuesday,astheyhadeachgivenwaytotheother,Annapackedbusily,feelingabsolutelyindifferentwhethertheywentadayearlierorlater.Shewasstandinginherroomoveranopenbox,takingthingsoutofit,whenhecameintoseeherearlierthanusual,dressedtogoout.

           “I’mgoingoffatoncetoseemaman;shecansendmethemoneybyYegorov.AndIshallbereadytogotomorrow,”hesaid.

           Thoughshewasinsuchagoodmood,thethoughtofhisvisittohismother’sgaveherapang.

           “No,Ishan’tbereadybythenmyself,”shesaid;andatoncereflected,“sothenitwaspossibletoarrangetodoasIwished.”“No,doasyoumeanttodo.Gointothedining-room,I’mcomingdirectly.It’sonlytoturnoutthosethingsthataren’twanted,”shesaid,puttingsomethingmoreontheheapoffripperythatlayinAnnushka’sarms.

           Vronskywaseatinghisbeefsteakwhenshecameintothedining-room.

           “Youwouldn’tbelievehowdistastefultheseroomshavebecometome,”shesaid,sittingdownbesidehimtohercoffee.“There’snothingmoreawfulthanthesechambresgarnies.There’snoindividualityinthem,nosoul.Theseclocks,andcurtains,and,worstofall,thewallpapersthey’reanightmare.IthinkofVozdvizhenskoeasthepromisedland.You’renotsendingthehorsesoffyet?”

           “No,theywillcomeafterus.Whereareyougoingto?”

           “IwantedtogotoWilson’stotakesomedressestoher.

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