Chapter 26

           

           InSeptemberLevinmovedtoMoscowforKitty’sconfinement.HehadspentawholemonthinMoscowwithnothingtodo,whenSergeyIvanovitch,whohadpropertyintheKashinskyprovince,andtookgreatinterestinthequestionoftheapproachingelections,madereadytosetofftotheelections.Heinvitedhisbrother,whohadavoteintheSeleznevskydistrict,tocomewithhim.Levinhad,moreover,totransactinKashinsomeextremelyimportantbusinessrelatingtothewardshipoflandandtothereceivingofcertainredemptionmoneyforhissister,whowasabroad.

           Levinstillhesitated,butKitty,whosawthathewasboredinMoscow,andurgedhimtogo,onherownauthorityorderedhimthepropernobleman’suniform,costingsevenpounds.AndthatsevenpoundspaidfortheuniformwasthechiefcausethatfinallydecidedLevintogo.HewenttoKashin....

           LevinhadbeensixdaysinKashin,visitingtheassemblyeachday,andbusilyengagedabouthissister’sbusiness,whichstilldraggedon.Thedistrictmarshalsofnobilitywerealloccupiedwiththeelections,anditwasimpossibletogetthesimplestthingdonethatdependeduponthecourtofwardship.Theothermatter,thepaymentofthesumsdue,wasmettoobydifficulties.Afterlongnegotiationsoverthelegaldetails,themoneywasatlastreadytobepaid;butthenotary,amostobligingperson,couldnothandovertheorder,becauseitmusthavethesignatureofthepresident,andthepresident,thoughhehadnotgivenoverhisdutiestoadeputy,wasattheelections.

Содержание книги
Настройки
Фон страницы
Размер шрифта
Межстрочный интервал
Фразовые глаголы
Показать / Скрыть меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Страница 1087 из 1375