Анна Каренина

Chapter 28

           No,allhewantsisfalsehoodandpropriety,”Annasaidtoherself,notconsideringexactlywhatitwasshewantedofherhusband,andhowshewouldhavelikedtoseehimbehave.ShedidnotunderstandeitherthatAlexeyAlexandrovitch’speculiarloquacitythatday,soexasperatingtoher,wasmerelytheexpressionofhisinwarddistressanduneasiness.Asachildthathasbeenhurtskipsabout,puttingallhismusclesintomovementtodrownthepain,inthesamewayAlexeyAlexandrovitchneededmentalexercisetodrownthethoughtsofhiswifethatinherpresenceandinVronsky’s,andwiththecontinualiterationofhisname,wouldforcethemselvesonhisattention.Anditwasasnaturalforhimtotalkwellandcleverly,asitisnaturalforachildtoskipabout.Hewassaying:

           “Dangerintheracesofofficers,ofcavalrymen,isanessentialelementintherace.IfEnglandcanpointtothemostbrilliantfeatsofcavalryinmilitaryhistory,itissimplyowingtothefactthatshehashistoricallydevelopedthisforcebothinbeastsandinmen.Sporthas,inmyopinion,agreatvalue,andasisalwaysthecase,weseenothingbutwhatismostsuperficial.”

           “It’snotsuperficial,”saidPrincessTverskaya.“Oneoftheofficers,theysay,hasbrokentworibs.”

           AlexeyAlexandrovitchsmiledhissmile,whichuncoveredhisteeth,butrevealednothingmore.

           “We’lladmit,princess,thatthat’snotsuperficial,”hesaid,“butinternal.

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