Chapter 21

           

           AfteracapitaldinnerandagreatdealofcognacdrunkatBartnyansky’s,StepanArkadyevitch,onlyalittlelaterthantheappointedtime,wentintoCountessLidiaIvanovna’s.

           “Whoelseiswiththecountess?aFrenchman?”StepanArkadyevitchaskedthehall-porter,asheglancedatthefamiliarovercoatofAlexeyAlexandrovitchandaqueer,ratherartless-lookingovercoatwithclasps.

           “AlexeyAlexandrovitchKareninandCountBezzubov,”theporteransweredseverely.

           “PrincessMyakayaguessedright,”thoughtStepanArkadyevitch,ashewentupstairs.“Curious!Itwouldbequiteaswell,though,togetonfriendlytermswithher.Shehasimmenseinfluence.IfshewouldsayawordtoPomorsky,thethingwouldbeacertainty.”

           Itwasstillquitelightout-of-doors,butinCountessLidiaIvanovna’slittledrawing-roomtheblindsweredrawnandthelampslighted.AtaroundtableunderalampsatthecountessandAlexeyAlexandrovitch,talkingsoftly.Ashort,thinnishman,verypaleandhandsome,withfemininehipsandknock-kneedlegs,withfinebrillianteyesandlonghairlyingonthecollarofhiscoat,wasstandingattheendoftheroomgazingattheportraitsonthewall.AftergreetingtheladyofthehouseandAlexeyAlexandrovitch,StepanArkadyevitchcouldnotresistglancingoncemoreattheunknownman.

           “MonsieurLandau!”thecountessaddressedhimwithasoftnessandcautionthatimpressedOblonsky.Andsheintroducedthem.

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