Анна Каренина

Chapter 28

           

           HewasshoutingfortheverycourseSergeyIvanovitchhadproposed;butitwasevidentthathehatedhimandallhisparty,andthisfeelingofhatredspreadthroughthewholepartyandrousedinoppositiontoitthesamevindictiveness,thoughinamoreseemlyform,ontheotherside.Shoutswereraised,andforamomentallwasconfusion,sothatthemarshaloftheprovincehadtocallfororder.

           “Aballot!Aballot!Everynoblemanseesit!Weshedourbloodforourcountry!...Theconfidenceofthemonarch....Nocheckingtheaccountsofthemarshal;he’snotacashier....Butthat’snotthepoint....Votes,please!Beastly!...”shoutedfuriousandviolentvoicesonallsides.Looksandfaceswereevenmoreviolentandfuriousthantheirwords.Theyexpressedthemostimplacablehatred.Levindidnotintheleastunderstandwhatwasthematter,andhemarveledatthepassionwithwhichitwasdisputedwhetherornotthedecisionaboutFlerovshouldbeputtothevote.Heforgot,asSergeyIvanovitchexplainedtohimafterwards,thissyllogism:thatitwasnecessaryforthepublicgoodtogetridofthemarshaloftheprovince;thattogetridofthemarshalitwasnecessarytohaveamajorityofvotes;thattogetamajorityofvotesitwasnecessarytosecureFlerov’srighttovote;thattosecuretherecognitionofFlerov’srighttovotetheymustdecideontheinterpretationtobeputontheact.

           “Andonevotemaydecidethewholequestion,andonemustbeseriousandconsecutive,ifonewantstobeofuseinpubliclife,”concludedSergeyIvanovitch.

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