Анна Каренина

Chapter 35

           Thecolonelsmiled,ashealwaysdid,attheprince’sjokes,butasfarasregardsEurope,ofwhichhebelievedhimselftobemakingacarefulstudy,hetooktheprincess’sside.Thesimple-heartedMaryaYevgenyevnasimplyroaredwithlaughterateverythingabsurdtheprincesaid,andhisjokesmadeVarenkahelplesswithfeeblebutinfectiouslaughter,whichwassomethingKittyhadneverseenbefore.

           Kittywasgladofallthis,butshecouldnotbelight-hearted.Shecouldnotsolvetheproblemherfatherhadunconsciouslysetherbyhisgood-humoredviewofherfriends,andofthelifethathadsoattractedher.TothisdoubttherewasjoinedthechangeinherrelationswiththePetrovs,whichhadbeensoconspicuouslyandunpleasantlymarkedthatmorning.Everyonewasgood-humored,butKittycouldnotfeelgood-humored,andthisincreasedherdistress.Shefeltafeelingsuchasshehadknowninchildhood,whenshehadbeenshutinherroomasapunishment,andhadheardhersisters’merrylaughteroutside.

           “Well,butwhatdidyoubuythismassofthingsfor?”saidtheprincess,smiling,andhandingherhusbandacupofcoffee.

           “Onegoesforawalk,onelooksinashop,andtheyaskyoutobuy.‘Erlaucht,Durchlaucht?’Directlytheysay‘Durchlaucht,’Ican’tholdout.Ilosetenthalers.”

           “It’ssimplyfromboredom,”saidtheprincess.

           “Ofcourseitis.Suchboredom,mydear,thatonedoesn’tknowwhattodowithoneself.”

           “Howcanyoubebored,prince?There’ssomuchthat’sinterestingnowinGermany,”saidMaryaYevgenyevna.

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