Chapter 9

           

           Itwaspastfive,andseveralguestshadalreadyarrived,beforethehosthimselfgothome.HewentintogetherwithSergeyIvanovitchKoznishevandPestsov,whohadreachedthestreetdooratthesamemoment.ThesewerethetwoleadingrepresentativesoftheMoscowintellectuals,asOblonskyhadcalledthem.Bothweremenrespectedfortheircharacterandtheirintelligence.Theyrespectedeachother,butwereincompleteandhopelessdisagreementuponalmosteverysubject,notbecausetheybelongedtooppositeparties,butpreciselybecausetheywereofthesameparty(theirenemiesrefusedtoseeanydistinctionbetweentheirviews);but,inthatparty,eachhadhisownspecialshadeofopinion.Andsincenodifferenceislesseasilyovercomethanthedifferenceofopinionaboutsemi-abstractquestions,theyneveragreedinanyopinion,andhadlong,indeed,beenaccustomedtojeerwithoutanger,eachattheother’sincorrigibleaberrations.

           Theywerejustgoinginatthedoor,talkingoftheweather,whenStepanArkadyevitchovertookthem.Inthedrawing-roomtherewerealreadysittingPrinceAlexanderDmitrievitchShtcherbatsky,youngShtcherbatsky,Turovtsin,Kitty,andKarenin.

           StepanArkadyevitchsawimmediatelythatthingswerenotgoingwellinthedrawing-roomwithouthim.DaryaAlexandrovna,inherbestgraysilkgown,obviouslyworriedaboutthechildren,whoweretohavetheirdinnerbythemselvesinthenursery,andbyherhusband’sabsence,wasnotequaltothetaskofmakingthepartymixwithouthim.

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