Chapter 5

           

           InthechurchtherewasallMoscow,allthefriendsandrelations;andduringtheceremonyofplightingtroth,inthebrilliantlylightedchurch,therewasanincessantflowofdiscreetlysubduedtalkinthecircleofgailydressedwomenandgirls,andmeninwhiteties,frockcoats,anduniforms.Thetalkwasprincipallykeptupbythemen,whilethewomenwereabsorbedinwatchingeverydetailoftheceremony,whichalwaysmeanssomuchtothem.

           Inthelittlegroupnearesttothebridewerehertwosisters:Dolly,andtheotherone,theself-possessedbeauty,MadameLvova,whohadjustarrivedfromabroad.

           “WhyisitMarie’sinlilac,asbadasblack,atawedding?”saidMadameKorsunskaya.

           “Withhercomplexion,it’stheonesalvation,”respondedMadameTrubetskaya.“Iwonderwhytheyhadtheweddingintheevening?It’slikeshop-people....”

           “Somuchprettier.Iwasmarriedintheeveningtoo....”answeredMadameKorsunskaya,andshesighed,rememberinghowcharmingshehadbeenthatday,andhowabsurdlyinloveherhusbandwas,andhowdifferentitallwasnow.

           “Theysayifanyone’sbestmanmorethantentimes,he’llneverbemarried.Iwantedtobeforthetenthtime,butthepostwastaken,”saidCountSiniavintotheprettyPrincessTcharskaya,whohaddesignsonhim.

           PrincessTcharskayaonlyansweredwithasmile.ShelookedatKitty,thinkinghowandwhenshewouldstandwithCountSiniavininKitty’splace,andhowshewouldremindhimthenofhisjoketoday.

           Shtcherbatskytoldtheoldmaidofhonor,MadameNikolaeva,thathemeanttoputthecrownonKitty’schignonforluck.

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