Анна Кареніна

Chapter 9

           

           Onenteringthedrawing-roomStepanArkadyevitchapologized,explainingthathehadbeendetainedbythatprince,whowasalwaysthescapegoatforallhisabsencesandunpunctualities,andinonemomenthehadmadealltheguestsacquaintedwitheachother,and,bringingtogetherAlexeyAlexandrovitchandSergeyKoznishev,startedthemonadiscussionoftheRussificationofPoland,intowhichtheyimmediatelyplungedwithPestsov.SlappingTurovtsinontheshoulder,hewhisperedsomethingcomicinhisear,andsethimdownbyhiswifeandtheoldprince.ThenhetoldKittyshewaslookingveryprettythatevening,andpresentedShtcherbatskytoKarenin.Inamomenthehadsokneadedtogetherthesocialdoughthatthedrawing-roombecameverylively,andtherewasamerrybuzzofvoices.KonstantinLevinwastheonlypersonwhohadnotarrived.Butthiswassomuchthebetter,asgoingintothedining-room,StepanArkadyevitchfoundtohishorrorthattheportandsherryhadbeenprocuredfromDepré,andnotfromLevy,and,directingthatthecoachmanshouldbesentoffasspeedilyaspossibletoLevy’s,hewasgoingbacktothedrawing-room.

           Inthedining-roomhewasmetbyKonstantinLevin.

           “I’mnotlate?”

           “Youcanneverhelpbeinglate!”saidStepanArkadyevitch,takinghisarm.

           “Haveyoualotofpeople?Who’shere?”askedLevin,unabletohelpblushing,asheknockedthesnowoffhiscapwithhisglove.

           “Allourownset.Kitty’shere.Comealong,I’llintroduceyoutoKarenin.

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