Анна Каренина

Chapter 33

           Afterdinnerhespenthalfanhourwithhisguests,andagain,withasmile,pressedhiswife’shand,withdrew,anddroveofftothecouncil.AnnadidnotgooutthateveningeithertothePrincessBetsyTverskaya,who,hearingofherreturn,hadinvitedher,nortothetheater,whereshehadaboxforthatevening.Shedidnotgooutprincipallybecausethedressshehadreckoneduponwasnotready.Altogether,Anna,onturning,afterthedepartureofherguests,totheconsiderationofherattire,wasverymuchannoyed.Shewasgenerallyamistressoftheartofdressingwellwithoutgreatexpense,andbeforeleavingMoscowshehadgivenherdressmakerthreedressestotransform.Thedresseshadtobealteredsothattheycouldnotberecognized,andtheyoughttohavebeenreadythreedaysbefore.Itappearedthattwodresseshadnotbeendoneatall,whiletheotheronehadnotbeenalteredasAnnahadintended.Thedressmakercametoexplain,declaringthatitwouldbebetterasshehaddoneit,andAnnawassofuriousthatshefeltashamedwhenshethoughtofitafterwards.Toregainherserenitycompletelyshewentintothenursery,andspentthewholeeveningwithherson,puthimtobedherself,signedhimwiththecross,andtuckedhimup.Shewasgladshehadnotgoneoutanywhere,andhadspenttheeveningsowell.Shefeltsolight-heartedandserene,shesawsoclearlythatallthathadseemedtohersoimportantonherrailwayjourneywasonlyoneofthecommontrivialincidentsoffashionablelife,andthatshehadnoreasontofeelashamedbeforeanyoneelseorbeforeherself.

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