Chapter 86 (1/2)
”It's very stupid.”
Anna stopped to sip black tea when she heard this. She knew what reaction the other side wanted, but instead of doing so immediately, she continued to drink two sips of tea calmly before putting down the cup.
She raised her eyes slightly to vorensky, whom she had not seen for some time.
The teenager has a lot of lengthening. His eyes are very deep, and his pupils are dark. When he says this, he looks like a peacock with a high head, with awe inspiring momentum.
”It's not very polite, my dear Alexis.” Mrs. petsey chuckled, and her soft little hand touched the young Wollensky's face, and said fondly to her cousin, ”the academy has made you a savage child. Pick up your civilized language, or the girls will be so sad.”
The laughter of these ladies made a few men laugh. Except for wollenski, he even maintained a tense look, and his dark blue eyes looked at Anna.
Anna didn't want to be watched by the gaze, and she laughed with ease.
She glanced casually over vorensky and moved to Alexei, who was quiet. The latter still maintains the youth green onion body, but compared with the previous days thin, now the porcelain white skin has become more compact.
”Why do men's affairs always mix in our tea party?” Anna said with a smile, ”it's not enough to discuss at dinner. Do you have to talk about these things when you have some afternoon tea?”
”Who says not.” Mrs. petsey opened her little folding fan and laughed.
”It's just something new that your husband suggested positively some time ago.” Mrs. petsey chuckled and folded the folding fan.
”You know, we've always been used to having afternoon tea with familiar people. When we have to invite people from the semi upper class to tea, we'll be at a loss. There are so many things to prepare. You must start from birth. ”
Mrs. petsey said, and added some tea to Anna. She was graceful and did not spill a drop of water.
It was a little hot, and her arms seemed to be covered with a layer of water vapor. It was sweaty, but very attractive.
It's like something came to mind. ”Alexis, go and ask the kitchen to bring the chilled grapes.” Betsy instructed Wollensky and patted each other on the arm, then raised a smile and told everyone about the origin of the grapes, which made people more interested in grapes.
When they began to discuss other things, Betsy got up to talk to them about making wine from the grapes.
Before leaving, she asked, ”Alexei, aren't you coming?”
”Go ahead.” Anna said with a smile. Alexei nodded gently, like a young gentleman, and led Mrs. petsey to the crowd.
Anna knew that this was an invitation from Mrs. petsey. Although Karenin didn't like to see some of petsy's styles, it can't be denied that in this circle, one petsy is sometimes better than the support of three men.
Politics and women are always inseparable.
Men look down on women. Powerful women don't directly refute this point. They just smile and say one more word to another powerful man. This sentence will determine the later life of most men.
But as two closely related circles, she would not be stupid enough to have a direct feud with Anna. Petsy's olive branch also showed Anna what she could do for them.
Patsy understood, Anna understood, even Alexei understood, but there were still people in the circle who didn't understand.
”You have not answered what I said before.”
There are also some tough tone that makes Anna roll her eyes in her heart.
It can't be said that she doesn't know at all, but compared with vorensky's excessive concern, Anna herself is more nervous about the connection between fate and some of which are unclear.
She looked at the young man in front of her and thought, his name is Alexis, too. A proud young man. They have the same name, even the same pupil color. But what about that?
”Mr. Wollensky.” Anna looked up, still smiling, as she had done to him from a long time ago.
”I'm just an ordinary woman. I don't understand politics.”
In the past, Anna's effortless attitude would only have made vorensky give up, a little annoyed at best, but this time he obviously did not intend to.
”It's a genius idea to let the poor read as well.” Vorensky sat down. He didn't yell, he just said it coldly.
If he was a few years older and had more experience, he could do it better or cover up his emotions. But after all, he was a good born young master, and had a charming face. In this circle, petsey's indulgence made Wollensky not learn to be too smooth.”But what do you think your husband is trying to buy people's hearts? They don't have money or prestige, and a family can't even give a penny to buy a pint of beer. ”
”You are clearly in the same circle with us. How can you ignore your own identity?”
Anna laughed, and stirred the milk gently in the black tea with a silver spoon in her fingers.
”I don't understand what you're saying to me.”
”At least you should...”
Before the words ”Admonish your husband” were uttered, vorensky's words were interrupted.
”But if my husband makes any decision, the wife will always support him. As for whether the decision is good or not, I think I just need to listen to my husband.” Anna picked up the spoon, and after a while, no tea would fall, she gently set the spoon on the plate.
The steaming tea was her nostalgic glance, and then her eyes were mercilessly taken back.
Anna looked at the startled teenager across the street and said with a smile, ”I suggest we better join that side. How to make wine is obviously more interesting to me.”
After resigning from lady petsey's house, Anna told Peter that she would go to the florist first.
Betsy said she would send Alexey and Wollensky back to school in a carriage. Anna didn't refuse. She nodded slightly when she saw Alexei's inquiring eyes.
She was glad that the child was clever, and she was more or less bemoaned.
Alexei and vorensky are not much different in age, but the former is obviously more intelligent, but it is more or less pitiful.
On the other side, after Anna left, petsey saw vorensky leave. While she was going to the dressing room, she found Wollensky on the balcony.
”What are you doing here alone?” Asked Betsy, her little hand on the boy's shoulder.
Worensky, though a little upset, would never cast his anger on petsey, who had treated him better than his own sister.
”I just came out to get some air.” Said Wollensky.
Betsy turned her eyes. Even if she didn't know what was going on, she would never have guessed wrong about whom it was about.
She looked pitifully at vorensky, who would not have said nothing if vorensky were now an adult.
”It's hot out here. Let's go inside and cool off.” Said Betsy, smiling, holding the boy's hand.
A little coldness of worldliness that Wollensky had gathered was melted again when Betsy drew her into the noisy hall.
He sat in the soft chair, holding a cold grape in his hand, listening to the people's talk, the depression in his heart dissipated, and another comfortable and full mood occupied his heart at the moment.
Once again, he affirmed that different classes should never be crossed.
Wollensky thought with the cool pride of a young aristocrat that he could talk with the common people in the stable, give the little girls selling flowers a few money, and help the old people go home with kindness, but he could never sit face to face with a man in ragged clothes talking about farming or milking.