Анна Кареніна

Chapter 26

           

           Seryozhaunderstoodatoncethatwhatthehall-porterwasspeakingofwasapresentfromCountessLidiaIvanovnaforhisbirthday.

           “Whatdoyousay?Where?”

           “Korneytookittoyourpapa.Afineplaythingitmustbetoo!”

           “Howbig?Likethis?”

           “Rathersmall,butafinething.”

           “Abook.”

           “No,athing.Runalong,runalong,VassilyLukitchiscallingyou,”saidtheporter,hearingthetutor’sstepsapproaching,andcarefullytakingawayfromhisbeltthelittlehandintheglovehalfpulledoff,hesignedwithhisheadtowardsthetutor.

           “VassilyLukitch,inatinyminute!”answeredSeryozhawiththatgayandlovingsmilewhichalwayswonovertheconscientiousVassilyLukitch.

           Seryozhawastoohappy,everythingwastoodelightfulforhimtobeabletohelpsharingwithhisfriendtheporterthefamilygoodfortuneofwhichhehadheardduringhiswalkinthepublicgardensfromLidiaIvanovna’sniece.Thispieceofgoodnewsseemedtohimparticularlyimportantfromitscomingatthesametimewiththegladnessofthebandagedclerkandhisowngladnessattoyshavingcomeforhim.ItseemedtoSeryozhathatthiswasadayonwhicheveryoneoughttobegladandhappy.

           “Youknowpapa’sreceivedtheAlexanderNevskytoday?”

           “TobesureIdo!Peoplehavebeenalreadytocongratulatehim.”

           “Andisheglad?”

           “GladattheTsar’sgraciousfavor!Ishouldthinkso!It’saproofhe’sdeservedit,”saidtheporterseverelyandseriously.

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