Анна Кареніна

Chapter 7

           AlexeyAlexandrovitchwasimmediatelyinterestedinthesubject,andbeganseriouslydefendingthenewimperialdecreeagainstPrincessBetsy,whohadattackedit.

           VronskyandAnnastillsatatthelittletable.

           “Thisisgettingindecorous,”whisperedonelady,withanexpressiveglanceatMadameKarenina,Vronsky,andherhusband.

           “WhatdidItellyou?”saidAnna’sfriend.

           Butnotonlythoseladies,almosteveryoneintheroom,eventhePrincessMyakayaandBetsyherself,lookedseveraltimesinthedirectionofthetwowhohadwithdrawnfromthegeneralcircle,asthoughthatwereadisturbingfact.AlexeyAlexandrovitchwastheonlypersonwhodidnotoncelookinthatdirection,andwasnotdivertedfromtheinterestingdiscussionhehadenteredupon.

           Noticingthedisagreeableimpressionthatwasbeingmadeoneveryone,PrincessBetsyslippedsomeoneelseintoherplacetolistentoAlexeyAlexandrovitch,andwentuptoAnna.

           “I’malwaysamazedattheclearnessandprecisionofyourhusband’slanguage,”shesaid.“Themosttranscendentalideasseemtobewithinmygraspwhenhe’sspeaking.”

           “Oh,yes!”saidAnna,radiantwithasmileofhappiness,andnotunderstandingawordofwhatBetsyhadsaid.Shecrossedovertothebigtableandtookpartinthegeneralconversation.

           AlexeyAlexandrovitch,afterstayinghalfanhour,wentuptohiswifeandsuggestedthattheyshouldgohometogether.Butsheanswered,notlookingathim,thatshewasstayingtosupper.AlexeyAlexandrovitchmadehisbowsandwithdrew

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