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Anna Karenina
Chapter 28
On arriving in Petersburg, Vronsky and Anna stayed at
one of the best hotels; Vronsky apart in a lower story,
Anna above with her child, its nurse, and her maid, in a
large suite of four rooms.
On the day of his arrival Vronsky went to his brother’s.
There he found his mother, who had come from Moscow
on business. His mother and sister-in-law greeted him as
usual: they asked him about his stay abroad, and talked of
their common acquaintances, but did not let drop a single
word in allusion to his connection with Anna. His brother
came the next morning to see Vronsky, and of his own
accord asked him about her, and Alexey Vronsky told him
directly that he looked upon his connection with Madame
Karenina as marriage; that he hoped to arrange a divorce,
and then to marry her, and until then he considered her as
much a wife as any other wife, and he begged him to tell
their mother and his wife so.
‘If the world disapproves, I don’t care,’ said Vronsky;
‘but if my relations want to be on terms of relationship
with me, they will have to be on the same terms with my
wife.’
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