Chapter 81 (1/2)
At breakfast Anna told Karenin about the Tom cillin.
”I'll leave him to do errands in the stable for the time being.” Anna said as she poked at the eggs on the plate. Looking up at Karenin's eyes, she blinked and ate the eggs.
”Will it affect you?” She thought about it and said, ”I think you'd better check that he's a German veteran.”
”I'll do it.” Karenin pondered for a moment and said, ”it shouldn't matter.”
”That's good.” Anna gave a happy smile. ”Although I don't want to die, I don't want my good heart to cause you trouble sometimes.”
Karenin's voice softened a bit: ”you don't have to worry about this. That's enough for now. ”
”Are you indirectly saying that you are powerful?” Anna looked up and joked.
”I don't mean it.” Karenin did not follow her joke. He took a look at the time on his pocket watch. He had to go to work.
”Let's go, I'll finish them up,” Anna said before the other party spoke
Karenin nodded: ”don't always diet.”
”A proper diet is good for my health.” ”I'm thin enough, you know, when I go to the countess Lydia or Betsy, I can't go too far. I can't breathe with those skirts. ”
”It'll be fine in a while.” Karenin said a word that Anna didn't pay attention to because all her attention had been taken away by her husband's kiss.
After Karenin left, Anna continued to finish her breakfast.
She had thought that Karenin had not noticed this, so in order not to be strangled by the skirts of this era, she always consciously did not allow herself to eat too much.
”Any more milk? Madame. ” Asked anushka.
Anna shook her head.
She took a rest after breakfast, and then went to the stables to look for Mr. tomcillin of yesterday.
When she passed by, the gentleman was bathing a pony of jujube color.
Because it was summer, the German rarely relaxed his collar, wearing a white shirt and suspender overalls, but also wearing hard riding boots.
The horse of Karenin's family was not mild tempered. Although it was obedient, the whole process made the gentleman's coat a little wet.
Anuska turned his head slightly, blushing.
”Do you think it's all right, Mr. cillin?” Asked Anna, raising her voice.
The blonde man stopped brushing his horse's back and turned his head. His hair was still dripping. When he saw Anna, he laughed and showed his white teeth.
”Not bad, ma'am.”
Anna took a few steps forward and stopped. When she saw Peter coming with a piece of grass in her mouth, she glanced at each other deliberately: ”you're enjoying yourself now, aren't you?”
Peter came up, not afraid: ”you must make my old bone relaxed, young man, there is plenty of strength. It's no harm to do more.”
Mr. cillin shrugged his shoulders. ”I'm strong. I can do it.”
”Talk, boy.” Peter patted each other on the shoulder, then took the brush and said, ”go to Madame first. She has something to say to you.”
The blonde man didn't stick to it either. He gave it to Peter and washed his hands in the water. Anna observed that he rubbed his palms with simple soap.
”What do you want to ask me? Madame. ” Mr. cillin came up to Anna, and he laughed gently and innocuously.
Although the man was taller and stronger than Karenin, Anna didn't feel any oppressive breath from each other. If it wasn't for some of his walking behavior, Anna would hardly have thought that he was a veteran.
”I think Peter should have told you about my husband's identity, Mr. cillin.”
”Yes.” The man nodded.
Anna looked at each other. ”I heard you said that you were walking around the world looking for your fiancee.” But I hope you don't mind my husband's identity
”I understand, ma'am. You may ask. I don't mind.” Mr. cillin laughed again.
”All right. Maybe you don't mind telling this story more clearly. If you really don't have any problems, maybe we can help you find out. ”
”If you really want to help me, I will be very grateful.” Said Mr. cillin.
He began to tell the story, in fact, there was no more twists and turns, just some regrets. Childhood sweetheart, originally ready to get married, but Mr. Xilin had to go to the service.
”When I came back from my family visit, her mother said she was missing, so I made a report on her discharge and used some connections. I later found out that she was abducted by a group of people.”
”How long have you been looking for it?”
”Almost five years.” The man said quietly.Anna, looking at each other in surprise. If that girl was almost sixteen years old that year, five years old, now she is twenty-one. For a girl, there can be a lot of things happening in these five years.
”Five years is a bit long, but I think as long as I haven't heard any bad news, it's still good news. There's always hope, isn't it?”
After this conversation, Anna felt a little awe at Mr. cillin.
In the afternoon, Karenin came back from the Ministry, Anna made a pot of black tea for each other, and then slowly talked about the things going up.
”Five years of no news, the results may not be very good.” Said Karenin after taking a sip of tea, and he put down the cup.
”Either she's dead, or she's starting a new life.”
”I know, too, but maybe we can help him if we can.” Anna said, ”is it going to be difficult for you?”
”It can't be too much. There may be some news. Did you promise that gentleman? ”
Anna shook her head and said with a smile, ”I'm not stupid, though I'm a bit of a good Samaritan. I just want to ask you first. ” She blinked. ”And, if there's no problem, let him take care of the shop for me for a while, so it's not a problem for a big man to beat off some bad guys.”
”Very wise.” Karenin seldom praised him.
After a while, Karenin added, ”after a while, at the banquet of the Duke of yuspov, Anna and Duchess yuspov preferred to dress up and were keen to accept new things. Most importantly, her words had a great influence on the Duke. And one thing I know is that her family doctor has advised her to give up the things that tie her waist for the time being
”You want to”
”yes.” Karenin nodded his head. ”It's not a strange thing. Many noble ladies take the pink face when they have tuberculosis as their pursuit index. I always think this is extremely crazy. But I didn't mean to interfere with them
”Everything has its ups and downs. It is not easy to change the aesthetic indicators of an era, and their decline is not due to the change of the concept of ”beauty”, but a rebound after the human intervention to the extreme. When too many people's lives are not guaranteed by this kind of dress, it is much easier to be abandoned. ”
”So I'm the reason you want to intervene, right?” Anna picked out the important points from this group of rational words and asked with a smile.
Karenin was dumb for a moment, then coughed gently, and then quickly said, ”Anna, you know, what I've always stressed is that health is very important. No matter how gorgeous the dress is, it should not be superior to people's life. This is a very immoral rule. ”
”Ah, yes.” Anna nodded. Instead of being taken away, Anna firmly insisted on her point and said sweetly, ”so, you just can't bear to let me be sad, right?”
Karenin was silent for a moment, then got up and said, ”it's very bad to waste food, Anna.” Then, as if running away, the man walked away quickly, leaving only Anna smiling.
When anushika came in, he saw his wife's smile.
”What happened? Madame. ” Asked anushka.
”Something happened.” Anna wiped her tears.
Anuska waited for a moment, but when Anna didn't go on, she stopped asking. She has always been such a steady person.
Anna looked at anuska for a moment, then tilted her head and motioned for the latter to come over and asked in a low voice.
”You” anushika looked at his wife shyly. After the other party's affirmative sight, he could only give up pinching and answer in a low voice.
In the evening, Karenin raised his head from the official document. He first pressed his sour shoulder, and then he realized something.
It was quiet in the study, his wife was not opposite.
Karenin cleaned up the table. As soon as he was about to open the bedroom door, he found that the door had been opened by him.
Karenin looked down at his wife and said, ”what are you doing?” The latter seemed to be scared, almost jumped up, until it was confirmed that he was, and some blushed.
”I, I'm going to find you.” Said Anna, clearing her voice.
”What's the matter?” As soon as Karenin finished, he found himself pulled into the bedroom.
Now it was his wife who was close to the door, and he was standing on one side. He saw his wife close the door carefully, she is not such a careful person. That means she doesn't want to be seen next.
Because it is a summer night, the moonlight is always very bright. Although you can see the outline and profile of a person without lighting a candle, it is still a little strange without candle lighting.
”Why not light a candle.” Karenin asked.
After he finished, he planned to light the candlestick, but Anna stopped him.”Not at all.”
Karenin heard a little tremor in his wife's voice.
He hesitated for a moment, took the other party's hand and said, ”are you sick?”
”No, just to show you something.” The wife whispered.
”It's better to light the candle, Anna, or I won't be able to see clearly.” After hearing that his wife was not ill, Karenin breathed a sigh of relief again. He planned to light the candle again, because to be honest, although his wife said she was ok, he still had to look at it to make sure.
”Not at all.”
He was held back again.
”I said, I want to show you something, Alexis. You, you let me do some preparation. ” The last sentence was almost squeezed out of my throat with a little tremor.
Karenin turned, raised his hand in the moonlight and put it on Anna's forehead.
”I'm really not sick.” There are some voices of crying and laughing.
As Karenin raised his eyebrows for another inquiry, he was gently pushed to the end of the bed.
The transparent screen curtain was gently lifted up by the night wind. From the shadow to the moonlight, Karenin could finally see the appearance of his wife completely.
For some reason, Anna's face had an irrecoverable flush.
She was wearing a white nightgown, with a moon white satin border, and a pattern of marigold embroidered with silver threads.
Karenin did not see his wife wearing such a nightgown. Compared with the warmth of the dressing gown, the Nightgown seemed light and weightless, hanging lazily on people's shoulders.
The neckline didn't open too much, and even could not match the luxurious dress of some ladies at dinner. At the moment, it seemed to have some kind of magic.
”What are you going to tell me?” He asked in a low voice.
The wife didn't answer immediately. She just raised her right hand and spread her hair a little trembling. Then she approached each other, bent down, and with her right hand caught Karenin's hand that had been on her knee.
”You can see for yourself.” She said, almost encouragingly, and then unconsciously licked her lips to hide her shyness.
The hand, with its temperature, was calmer than Anna's own trembling. Just when she was not sure, the man's fingers moved and untied the knot on her dress.