Анна Каренина

Chapter 27

           

           “Bringintea,andtellSeryozhathatAlexeyAlexandrovitchishere.Well,tellme,howhaveyoubeen?MihailVassilievitch,you’venotbeentoseemebefore.Lookhowlovelyitisoutontheterrace,”shesaid,turningfirsttooneandthentotheother.

           Shespokeverysimplyandnaturally,buttoomuchandtoofast.ShewasthemoreawareofthisfromnoticingintheinquisitivelookMihailVassilievitchturnedonherthathewas,asitwere,keepingwatchonher.

           MihailVassilievitchpromptlywentoutontheterrace.

           Shesatdownbesideherhusband.

           “Youdon’tlookquitewell,”shesaid.

           “Yes,”hesaid;“thedoctor’sbeenwithmetodayandwastedanhourofmytime.Ifeelthatsomeoneofourfriendsmusthavesenthim:myhealth’ssoprecious,itseems.”

           “No;whatdidhesay?”

           Shequestionedhimabouthishealthandwhathehadbeendoing,andtriedtopersuadehimtotakearestandcomeouttoher.

           Allthisshesaidbrightly,rapidly,andwithapeculiarbrillianceinhereyes.ButAlexeyAlexandrovitchdidnotnowattachanyspecialsignificancetothistoneofhers.Heheardonlyherwordsandgavethemonlythedirectsensetheybore.Andheansweredsimply,thoughjestingly.Therewasnothingremarkableinallthisconversation,butneveraftercouldAnnarecallthisbriefscenewithoutanagonizingpangofshame.

           Seryozhacameinprecededbyhisgoverness.IfAlexeyAlexandrovitchhadallowedhimselftoobservehewouldhavenoticedthetimidandbewilderedeyeswithwhichSeryozhaglancedfirstathisfatherandthenathismother.

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