num_pages: 44
description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...you want to marry him yourself I wonder? Sasha. To marry that sign-post! I would marry any one sooner than him. Nothing of the sort ever entered my head. I simply feel disgusted that after Fedia she should be making up to a stranger. Anna Pavlovna. He is not a stranger. They have been friends since they were children. Sasha. They're in love--I can see they are by the way they smile and make eyes at each other. Anna Pavlovna. No wonder. He's been such a help now all during the baby's illness--so full of sympathy! He did all he could and she is grateful to him. I see no harm in her being in love with Victor and marrying him. Sasha. It would be odious disgusting! Simply disgusting! (karenin and Lisa come in again. Karenin takes leave without speaking. SaSHa agitatedly leaves the room.) Lisa. (to her mother.) What is the matter with Sasha? Anna Pavlovna. I don't know I'm sure. (lisa sighs.) Scene II In Afremov's study. Glasses full of wine are on the table. (Among the guests are AfreMov; Fedia; Stakhov a man with a full beard long hair; BuTKEVICH who is clean shaven; Korotkov Afremov's toady.) KOROTKOV. And I tell you he can't win. La Belle-Bois is the best horse in Europe. I bet you she is. Stakhov. Shut up old chap. You know nobody believes what you say and nobody will take your bet. KOROTKOV. I tell you your Kartouche will be beaten. Afremov. Don't quarrel. Let me settle the point for you. Ask Fedia. You can depend upon his judgment. Fedia. They're both good horses. It all depends on the jockeys. Stakhov. That jockey Gusev is a wrong 'un. He ought to be watched. KOROTKOV. (shouting.) That's not true. Fedia. Look here. I'll solve the problem for you. Who won the Derby? KOROTKOV. I know but that does not prove anything. It...
language: English
title: The Light That Shines in the Darkness. the Man Who Was Dead. the Cause of It All Volume 2
publisher: Rarebooksclub.com