Анна Каренина

Chapter 23

           AlexeyAlexandrovitchclearedhisthroat,andnotlookingathisopponent,butselecting,ashealwaysdidwhilehewasdeliveringhisspeeches,thefirstpersonsittingoppositehim,aninoffensivelittleoldman,whoneverhadanopinionofanysortintheCommission,begantoexpoundhisviews.Whenhereachedthepointaboutthefundamentalandradicallaw,hisopponentjumpedupandbegantoprotest.Stremov,whowasalsoamemberoftheCommission,andalsostungtothequick,begandefendinghimself,andaltogetherastormysittingfollowed;butAlexeyAlexandrovitchtriumphed,andhismotionwascarried,threenewcommissionswereappointed,andthenextdayinacertainPetersburgcirclenothingelsewastalkedofbutthissitting.AlexeyAlexandrovitch’ssuccesshadbeenevengreaterthanhehadanticipated.

           Nextmorning,Tuesday,AlexeyAlexandrovitch,onwakingup,recollectedwithpleasurehistriumphofthepreviousday,andhecouldnothelpsmiling,thoughhetriedtoappearindifferent,whenthechiefsecretaryofhisdepartment,anxioustoflatterhim,informedhimoftherumorsthathadreachedhimconcerningwhathadhappenedintheCommission.

           Absorbedinbusinesswiththechiefsecretary,AlexeyAlexandrovitchhadcompletelyforgottenthatitwasTuesday,thedayfixedbyhimforthereturnofAnnaArkadyevna,andhewassurprisedandreceivedashockofannoyancewhenaservantcameintoinformhimofherarrival.

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