Анна Кареніна

Chapter 6

           

           “Pitywedidn’thearit!”saidPrincessBetsy,glancingtowardsthedoor.“Ah,hereyouareatlast!”shesaid,turningwithasmiletoVronsky,ashecamein.

           Vronskywasnotmerelyacquaintedwithallthepersonswhomhewasmeetinghere;hesawthemalleveryday;andsohecameinwiththequietmannerwithwhichoneentersaroomfullofpeoplefromwhomonehasonlyjustparted.

           “WheredoIcomefrom?”hesaid,inanswertoaquestionfromtheambassador’swife.“Well,there’snohelpforit,Imustconfess.Fromtheoperabouffe.IdobelieveI’veseenitahundredtimes,andalwayswithfreshenjoyment.It’sexquisite!Iknowit’sdisgraceful,butIgotosleepattheopera,andIsitouttheoperabouffetothelastminute,andenjoyit.Thisevening....”

           HementionedaFrenchactress,andwasgoingtotellsomethingabouther;buttheambassador’swife,withplayfulhorror,cuthimshort.

           “Pleasedon’ttellusaboutthathorror.”

           “Allright,Iwon’tespeciallyaseveryoneknowsthosehorrors.”

           “Andweshouldallgotoseethemifitwereacceptedasthecorrectthing,liketheopera,”chimedinPrincessMyakaya.

           

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