Анна Каренина

Chapter 14

           Directlytheservanthadsettheteaandlefttheroom,AlexeyAlexandrovitchgotupandwenttothewriting-table.Movingintothemiddleofthetableaportfolioofpapers,withascarcelyperceptiblesmileofself-satisfaction,hetookapencilfromarackandplungedintotheperusalofacomplexreportrelatingtothepresentcomplication.Thecomplicationwasofthisnature:AlexeyAlexandrovitch’scharacteristicqualityasapolitician,thatspecialindividualqualificationthateveryrisingfunctionarypossesses,thequalificationthatwithhisunflaggingambition,hisreserve,hishonesty,andwithhisself-confidencehadmadehiscareer,washiscontemptforredtape,hiscuttingdownofcorrespondence,hisdirectcontact,whereverpossible,withthelivingfact,andhiseconomy.IthappenedthatthefamousCommissionofthe2ndofJunehadsetonfootaninquiryintotheirrigationoflandsintheZaraiskyprovince,whichfellunderAlexeyAlexandrovitch’sdepartment,andwasaglaringexampleoffruitlessexpenditureandpaperreforms.AlexeyAlexandrovitchwasawareofthetruthofthis.TheirrigationoftheselandsintheZaraiskyprovincehadbeeninitiatedbythepredecessorofAlexeyAlexandrovitch’spredecessor.Andvastsumsofmoneyhadactuallybeenspentandwerestillbeingspentonthisbusiness,andutterlyunproductively,andthewholebusinesscouldobviouslyleadtonothingwhatever.AlexeyAlexandrovitchhadperceivedthisatonceonenteringoffice,andwouldhavelikedtolayhandsontheBoardofIrrigation.

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