Анна Кареніна

Chapter 19

           Andsoforthisfirstandmostimportantdivisionhemusthavefourthousandroubles.Thesecondclasseightthousandroublesconsistedoflessimportantdebts.Thesewereprincipallyaccountsowinginconnectionwithhisracehorses,tothepurveyorofoatsandhay,theEnglishsaddler,andsoon.Hewouldhavetopaysometwothousandroublesonthesedebtstoo,inordertobequitefreefromanxiety.Thelastclassofdebtstoshops,tohotels,tohistailorweresuchasneednotbeconsidered.Sothatheneededatleastsixthousandroublesforcurrentexpenses,andheonlyhadonethousandeighthundred.Foramanwithonehundredthousandroublesofrevenue,whichwaswhateveryonefixedasVronsky’sincome,suchdebts,onewouldsuppose,couldhardlybeembarrassing;butthefactwasthathewasfarfromhavingonehundredthousand.Hisfather’simmenseproperty,whichaloneyieldedayearlyincomeoftwohundredthousand,wasleftundividedbetweenthebrothers.Atthetimewhentheelderbrother,withamassofdebts,marriedPrincessVaryaTchirkova,thedaughterofaDecembristwithoutanyfortunewhatever,Alexeyhadgivenuptohiselderbrotheralmostthewholeincomefromhisfather’sestate,reservingforhimselfonlytwenty-fivethousandayearfromit.Alexeyhadsaidatthetimetohisbrotherthatthatsumwouldbesufficientforhimuntilhemarried,whichheprobablyneverwoulddo.Andhisbrother,whowasincommandofoneofthemostexpensiveregiments,andwasonlyjustmarried,couldnotdeclinethegift.

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