Анна Кареніна

Chapter 22

           Therewasnooneintheavenue;butlookingroundtotherighthecaughtsightofher.Herfacewashiddenbyaveil,buthedrankinwithgladeyesthespecialmovementinwalking,peculiartoheralone,theslopeoftheshoulders,andthesettingofthehead,andatonceasortofelectricshockranalloverhim.Withfreshforce,hefeltconsciousofhimselffromthespringymotionsofhislegstothemovementsofhislungsashebreathed,andsomethingsethislipstwitching.

           Joininghim,shepressedhishandtightly.

           “You’renotangrythatIsentforyou?Iabsolutelyhadtoseeyou,”shesaid;andtheseriousandsetlineofherlips,whichhesawundertheveil,transformedhismoodatonce.

           “Iangry!Buthowhaveyoucome,wherefrom?”

           “Nevermind,”shesaid,layingherhandonhis,“comealong,Imusttalktoyou.”

           Hesawthatsomethinghadhappened,andthattheinterviewwouldnotbeajoyousone.Inherpresencehehadnowillofhisown:withoutknowingthegroundsofherdistress,healreadyfeltthesamedistressunconsciouslypassingoverhim.

           “Whatisit?what?”heaskedher,squeezingherhandwithhiselbow,andtryingtoreadherthoughtsinherface.

           Shewalkedonafewstepsinsilence,gatheringuphercourage;thensuddenlyshestopped.

           “Ididnottellyouyesterday,”shebegan,breathingquicklyandpainfully,“thatcominghomewithAlexeyAlexandrovitchItoldhimeverything...toldhimIcouldnotbehiswife,that...andtoldhimeverything.

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