Анна Каренина

Chapter 7

           KittyandLevinwouldbeoftheparty,andthatthismightnotbeobtrusivelyevident,therewouldbeagirlcousintoo,andyoungShtcherbatsky,andlapiècederesistanceamongtheguestsSergeyKoznishevandAlexeyAlexandrovitch.SergeyIvanovitchwasaMoscowman,andaphilosopher;AlexeyAlexandrovitchaPetersburger,andapracticalpolitician.Hewasasking,too,thewell-knowneccentricenthusiast,Pestsov,aliberal,agreattalker,amusician,anhistorian,andthemostdelightfullyyouthfulpersonoffifty,whowouldbeasauceorgarnishforKoznishevandKarenin.Hewouldprovokethemandsetthemoff.

           Thesecondinstallmentfortheforesthadbeenreceivedfromthemerchantandwasnotyetexhausted;Dollyhadbeenveryamiableandgood-humoredoflate,andtheideaofthedinnerpleasedStepanArkadyevitchfromeverypointofview.Hewasinthemostlight-heartedmood.Thereweretwocircumstancesalittleunpleasant,butthesetwocircumstancesweredrownedintheseaofgood-humoredgaietywhichfloodedthesoulofStepanArkadyevitch.Thesetwocircumstanceswere:first,thatonmeetingAlexeyAlexandrovitchthedaybeforeinthestreethehadnoticedthathewascoldandreservedwithhim,andputtingtheexpressionofAlexeyAlexandrovitch’sfaceandthefactthathehadnotcometoseethemorletthemknowofhisarrivalwiththerumorshehadheardaboutAnnaandVronsky,StepanArkadyevitchguessedthatsomethingwaswrongbetweenthehusbandandwife.

           Thatwasonedisagreeablething.

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