Chapter 17

           

           ThecroquetpartytowhichthePrincessTverskayahadinvitedAnnawastoconsistoftwoladiesandtheiradorers.ThesetwoladieswerethechiefrepresentativesofaselectnewPetersburgcircle,nicknamed,inimitationofsomeimitation,lesseptmerveillesdumonde.Theseladiesbelongedtoacirclewhich,thoughofthehighestsociety,wasutterlyhostiletothatinwhichAnnamoved.Moreover,Stremov,oneofthemostinfluentialpeopleinPetersburg,andtheelderlyadmirerofLizaMerkalova,wasAlexeyAlexandrovitch’senemyinthepoliticalworld.FromalltheseconsiderationsAnnahadnotmeanttogo,andthehintsinPrincessTverskaya’snotereferredtoherrefusal.ButnowAnnawaseagertogo,inthehopeofseeingVronsky.

           AnnaarrivedatPrincessTverskaya’searlierthantheotherguests.

           Atthesamemomentassheentered,Vronsky’sfootman,withside-whiskerscombedoutlikeaKammerjunker,wentintoo.Hestoppedatthedoor,and,takingoffhiscap,letherpass.Annarecognizedhim,andonlythenrecalledthatVronskyhadtoldherthedaybeforethathewouldnotcome.Mostlikelyhewassendinganotetosayso.

           Asshetookoffheroutergarmentinthehall,sheheardthefootman,pronouncinghis“r’s”evenlikeaKammerjunker,say,“Fromthecountfortheprincess,”andhandthenote.

           Shelongedtoquestionhimastowherehismasterwas.Shelongedtoturnbackandsendhimalettertocomeandseeher,ortogoherselftoseehim.Butneitherthefirstnorthesecondnorthethirdcoursewaspossible.

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