Bright sunny May after morning rain; iron roofs and pavements glisten. Anna reaches the Oblonskys to see Dolly and Kitty after her Znamenka flight from Vronsky's house.
Sisters consult nursing; Dolly meets Anna downstairs. Stiva telegram and Alexey Alexandrovitch uncertainty; Anna seeks Kitty. Kitty says I'll be sure to, looking compassionately; goodbye kisses. Kitty alone: She's just the same, charming, Awfully piteous; Dolly notes something unusual, almost crying in the hall.
Tolstoy stages Anna's brief refuge visit where sister pity deepens mortification she will carry home in next chapter.
Anna reaches Oblonskys in bright May after rain; sisters consult nursing, Dolly meets her downstairs. Kitty says I'll be sure to with compassionate look; goodbye kisses leave Kitty thinking she's charming, awfully piteous.
Tolstoy closes the chapter on that beat without easy moral, only the next consequence waiting.
Dolly notes something unusual, almost crying in the hall; sister pity deepens mortification Anna will carry home.
Tolstoy stages brief refuge visit where sister pity deepens mortification she will carry home in the next chapter.
The beat lands without easy moral.
Kitty alone thinks she's charming, awfully piteous; Dolly notes almost crying in the hall.
Part Seven tightens toward station decision and social annihilation.
Coming Up in Chapter 218
Anna will leave in worse frame of mind after meeting Kitty. Anna enters carriage in even worse frame of mind than setting out. Previous tortures plus mortification and outcast felt at meeting Kitty Anna enters carriage in even worse frame of mind than setting out. Previous tortures plus mortification and outcast felt at meeting Kitty..
