Анна Кареніна

Chapter 9

           BetterhaveoneofAnnie”(soshecalledherbabygirl).“Heresheis,”sheadded,lookingoutofthewindowatthehandsomeItaliannurse,whowascarryingthechildoutintothegarden,andimmediatelyglancingunnoticedatVronsky.Thehandsomenurse,fromwhomVronskywaspaintingaheadforhispicture,wastheonehiddengriefinAnna’slife.Hepaintedwithherashismodel,admiredherbeautyandmediævalism,andAnnadarednotconfesstoherselfthatshewasafraidofbecomingjealousofthisnurse,andwasforthatreasonparticularlygraciousandcondescendingbothtoherandherlittleson.Vronsky,too,glancedoutofthewindowandintoAnna’seyes,and,turningatoncetoGolenishtchev,hesaid:

           “DoyouknowthisMihailov?”

           “Ihavemethim.Buthe’saqueerfish,andquitewithoutbreeding.Youknow,oneofthoseuncouthnewpeopleone’ssooftencomingacrossnowadays,oneofthosefree-thinkersyouknow,whoarerearedd’embléeintheoriesofatheism,scepticism,andmaterialism.Informerdays,”saidGolenishtchev,notobserving,ornotwillingtoobserve,thatbothAnnaandVronskywantedtospeak,“informerdaysthefree-thinkerwasamanwhohadbeenbroughtupinideasofreligion,law,andmorality,andonlythroughconflictandstrugglecametofree-thought;butnowtherehassprungupanewtypeofbornfree-thinkerswhogrowupwithoutevenhavingheardofprinciplesofmoralityorofreligion,oftheexistenceofauthorities,whogrowupdirectlyinideasofnegationineverything,thatistosay,savages.Well,he’softhatclass.

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