Анна Кареніна

Chapter 29

           

           Shetookherseatinherhusband’scarriageinsilence,andinsilencedroveoutofthecrowdofcarriages.Inspiteofallhehadseen,AlexeyAlexandrovitchstilldidnotallowhimselftoconsiderhiswife’srealcondition.Hemerelysawtheoutwardsymptoms.Hesawthatshewasbehavingunbecomingly,andconsideredithisdutytotellherso.Butitwasverydifficultforhimnottosaymore,totellhernothingbutthat.Heopenedhismouthtotellhershehadbehavedunbecomingly,buthecouldnothelpsayingsomethingutterlydifferent.

           “Whataninclinationweallhave,though,forthesecruelspectacles,”hesaid.“Iobserve....”

           “Eh?Idon’tunderstand,”saidAnnacontemptuously.

           Hewasoffended,andatoncebegantosaywhathehadmeanttosay.

           “Iamobligedtotellyou,”hebegan.

           “Sonowwearetohaveitout,”shethought,andshefeltfrightened.

           “Iamobligedtotellyouthatyourbehaviorhasbeenunbecomingtoday,”hesaidtoherinFrench.

           “Inwhatwayhasmybehaviorbeenunbecoming?”shesaidaloud,turningherheadswiftlyandlookinghimstraightintheface,notwiththebrightexpressionthatseemedcoveringsomething,butwithalookofdetermination,underwhichsheconcealedwithdifficultythedismayshewasfeeling.

           “Mind,”hesaid,pointingtotheopenwindowoppositethecoachman.

           Hegotupandpulledupthewindow.

           “Whatdidyouconsiderunbecoming?”sherepeated.

           “Thedespairyouwereunabletoconcealattheaccidenttooneoftheriders.”

           Hewaitedforhertoanswer,butshewassilent,lookingstraightbeforeher.

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