Анна Каренина

Chapter 18

           

           Thegreaternumberoftheyoungwomen,whoenviedAnnaandhadlongbeenwearyofhearinghercalledvirtuous,rejoicedatthefulfillmentoftheirpredictions,andwereonlywaitingforadecisiveturninpublicopiniontofalluponherwithalltheweightoftheirscorn.Theywerealreadymakingreadytheirhandfulsofmudtoflingatherwhentherightmomentarrived.Thegreaternumberofthemiddle-agedpeopleandcertaingreatpersonagesweredispleasedattheprospectoftheimpendingscandalinsociety.

           Vronsky’smother,onhearingofhisconnection,wasatfirstpleasedatit,becausenothingtohermindgavesuchafinishingtouchtoabrilliantyoungmanasaliaisoninthehighestsociety;shewaspleased,too,thatMadameKarenina,whohadsotakenherfancy,andhadtalkedsomuchofherson,was,afterall,justlikeallotherprettyandwell-bredwomen,atleastaccordingtotheCountessVronskaya’sideas.Butshehadheardoflatethathersonhadrefusedapositionofferedhimofgreatimportancetohiscareer,simplyinordertoremainintheregiment,wherehecouldbeconstantlyseeingMadameKarenina.Shelearnedthatgreatpersonagesweredispleasedwithhimonthisaccount,andshechangedheropinion.Shewasvexed,too,thatfromallshecouldlearnofthisconnectionitwasnotthatbrilliant,graceful,worldlyliaisonwhichshewouldhavewelcomed,butasortofWertherish,desperatepassion,soshewastold,whichmightwellleadhimintoimprudence.ShehadnotseenhimsincehisabruptdeparturefromMoscow,andshesenthereldersontobidhimcometoseeher

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