Анна Кареніна

Chapter 6

           Steppingnoiselesslyoverthethickrugs,hewentuptoPrincessMyakaya.

           “HowdidyoulikeNilsson?”heasked.

           “Oh,howcanyoustealuponanyonelikethat!Howyoustartledme!”sheresponded.“Pleasedon’ttalktomeabouttheopera;youknownothingaboutmusic.I’dbettermeetyouonyourownground,andtalkaboutyourmaiolicaandengravings.Comenow,whattreasurehaveyoubeenbuyinglatelyattheoldcuriosityshops?”

           “Wouldyoulikemetoshowyou?Butyoudon’tunderstandsuchthings.”

           “Oh,doshowme!I’vebeenlearningaboutthematthosewhat’stheirnames?...thebankers...they’vesomesplendidengravings.Theyshowedthemtous.”

           “Why,haveyoubeenattheSchützburgs?”askedthehostessfromthesamovar.

           “Yes,machère.Theyaskedmyhusbandandmetodinner,andtoldusthesauceatthatdinnercostahundredpounds,”PrincessMyakayasaid,speakingloudly,andconsciouseveryonewaslistening;“andverynastysauceitwas,somegreenmess.Wehadtoaskthem,andImadethemsauceforeighteenpence,andeverybodywasverymuchpleasedwithit.Ican’truntohundred-poundsauces.”

           “She’sunique!”saidtheladyofthehouse.

           “Marvelous!”saidsomeone.

           ThesensationproducedbyPrincessMyakaya’sspeecheswasalwaysunique,andthesecretofthesensationsheproducedlayinthefactthatthoughshespokenotalwaysappropriately,asnow,shesaidsimplethingswithsomesenseinthem.Inthesocietyinwhichshelivedsuchplainstatementsproducedtheeffectofthewittiestepigram.

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