Chapter 28

           

           Aftertheball,earlynextmorning,AnnaArkadyevnasentherhusbandatelegramthatshewasleavingMoscowthesameday.

           “No,Imustgo,Imustgo”;sheexplainedtohersister-in-lawthechangeinherplansinatonethatsuggestedthatshehadtoremembersomanythingsthattherewasnoenumeratingthem:“no,ithadreallybetterbetoday!”

           StepanArkadyevitchwasnotdiningathome,buthepromisedtocomeandseehissisteroffatseveno’clock.

           Kitty,too,didnotcome,sendinganotethatshehadaheadache.DollyandAnnadinedalonewiththechildrenandtheEnglishgoverness.Whetheritwasthatthechildrenwerefickle,orthattheyhadacutesenses,andfeltthatAnnawasquitedifferentthatdayfromwhatshehadbeenwhentheyhadtakensuchafancytoher,thatshewasnotnowinterestedinthem,buttheyhadabruptlydroppedtheirplaywiththeiraunt,andtheirloveforher,andwerequiteindifferentthatshewasgoingaway.Annawasabsorbedthewholemorninginpreparationsforherdeparture.ShewrotenotestoherMoscowacquaintances,putdownheraccounts,andpacked.AltogetherDollyfanciedshewasnotinaplacidstateofmind,butinthatworriedmood,whichDollyknewwellwithherself,andwhichdoesnotcomewithoutcause,andforthemostpartcoversdissatisfactionwithself.Afterdinner,Annawentuptoherroomtodress,andDollyfollowedher.

           “Howqueeryouaretoday!”Dollysaidtoher.

           “I?Doyouthinkso?I’mnotqueer,butI’mnasty.Iamlikethatsometimes.IkeepfeelingasifIcouldcry.

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