Анна Каренина

Chapter 8

           TheEnglishgovernessinalteringithadmadetheseamsinthewrongplace,hadtakenupthesleevestoomuch,andaltogetherspoiltthedress.ItwassonarrowonTanya’sshouldersthatitwasquitepainfultolookather.ButMaryaPhilimonovnahadthehappythoughtofputtingingussets,andaddingalittleshoulder-cape.Thedresswassetright,buttherewasnearlyaquarrelwiththeEnglishgoverness.Onthemorning,however,allwashappilyarranged,andtowardsteno’clockthetimeatwhichtheyhadaskedthepriesttowaitforthemforthemassthechildrenintheirnewdresses,withbeamingfaces,stoodonthestepbeforethecarriagewaitingfortheirmother.

           Tothecarriage,insteadoftherestiveRaven,theyhadharnessed,thankstotherepresentationsofMaryaPhilimonovna,thebailiff’shorse,Brownie,andDaryaAlexandrovna,delayedbyanxietyoverherownattire,cameoutandgotin,dressedinawhitemuslingown.

           DaryaAlexandrovnahaddoneherhair,anddressedwithcareandexcitement.Intheolddaysshehaddressedforherownsaketolookprettyandbeadmired.Lateron,asshegotolder,dressbecamemoreandmoredistastefultoher.Shesawthatshewaslosinghergoodlooks.Butnowshebegantofeelpleasureandinterestindressagain.Nowshedidnotdressforherownsake,notforthesakeofherownbeauty,butsimplythatasthemotherofthoseexquisitecreaturesshemightnotspoilthegeneraleffect.Andlookingatherselfforthelasttimeinthelooking-glassshewassatisfiedwithherself.Shelookednice.

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