Anna Karenina Page #5

Without marriage, you're dragging

the burden and your hands are full.

You have never loved.

I'm married.

I understand perfectly

what I am doing.

Oh, but, surely,

her husband knows. He must know.

Ah, dearest Anna.

Good evening.

Good evening. We are

talking of liza merkalova.

Ah. Is she here, liza merkalova? Opposite.

Oh, yes.

Still as beautiful as ever.

And she has that fatal blend

of innocence and corruption.

Corruption? Oh, I say it

with admiration, my dear.

It's my tribute to a woman who can

keep her husband and her lover...

in perfect accord with

each other for 10 years.

The golden rule being that

hypocrisies must never be outraged.

What is the meaning of

this strange conversation?

Strange? A triangle is

always a favorite topic.

Is it?

Liza merkalova

has behaved very sensibly.

Her menage has become

almost respectable.

Many young people are throwing

their bonnets over the window,

but there are ways

and ways of doing it.

Are there?

She has obeyed the rules.

She laid down no challenge to society

so none has ever been taken up.

She avoided catastrophe.

Yet remains a subject

of conversation.

A light subject,

not a tragic one.

You see, one can take a thing too seriously

and make a kind of tragedy out of it,

or one can treat it quite simply

and lightheartedly.

Do you know, my dear, I believe you're

rather inclined to the tragic side.

Yes. Yes, perhaps I am.

Forgive me.

Shall I see you later?

What is it, Anna?

What's the matter?

Oh, my darling,

let us go away.

We shall go, dearest. I shall have my

release from the army in a month or so.

Then we shall go.

What have they been

saying to distress you?

Oh, nothing.

Nothing really.

But it's as if we were part

of their own hypocrisy.

So cheap, so contented.

Anna.

Attendant, quickly.

And this, gentlemen, is my

considered opinion on the matter.

Well, I think you'll agree that our friend

has done valuable work, very valuable.

And... an urgent telegram, excellency.

And that his report, as far

as it goes, is well documented.

Excuse me.

Nevertheless, before we

on this commission go further,

i think we should take up the

points which he merely touches.

Now, what I am about to propose is no less

than a radical and fundamental change...

in the existing law.

I'll take the night

train to petersburg.

Such proposals will, no doubt,

cause a considerable storm.

Nonetheless, I am

prepared to face it.

Gentlemen, let us hear what his

excellency alexey alexandrovitch karenin...

proposes upon this matter.

How is your mistress? They say there

is little hope, your excellency.

The child was stillborn.

Thank god, you've come,

your excellency.

She's talked of nothing but

you ever since yesterday.

I'm afraid

there's not much hope.

Anything for me?

Yes, your excellency.

The rest has been forwarded to

moscow as usual, your excellency.

No, no. Go away.

I'm not dreaming.

What do you want of me?

Anna arkadyevna.

Look, he has come.

He's here.

Who are you?

What are you doing here?

Doctor leveille.

You're attending

Anna arkadyevna?

Yes, I've been called in urgently.

I'm afraid she's had a relapse.

Talk with you later.

I'm coming with you.

He would never

have refused to come.

He was so kind.

He has eyes like sergei.

Which is why I dare not look him in

the face, because he has sergeI's eyes.

Has sergel had his supper?

You must not let him

be frightened.

Marietta must sleep

in his room.

It is me, Anna.

I have come.

Alexey. Come closer,

closer, closer.

I'm in a hurry. Soon

i will not be able to...

understand anything...

anymore.

Give me some water.

I am going to die.

Things are simple

when you are going to die.

Oh, no, no, Anna.

You're not going to die.

What was I saying?

How badly painted

those flowers are.

A little bit like violets.

Everything is

confused again.

It is so difficult.

Oh, yes, yes.

Yes, that's it.

This is what

i wanted to tell you.

I am still the same

as I used to be.

The other woman in me,

she fell in love.

What weariness.

Wait, wait.

You don't know...

i am myself again.

I don't love him anymore.

Alexey.

There's only one thing I want.

I want you to forgive me...

to forgive me...

completely.

Better go now.

She's asleep.

Alexey alexandrovitch.

I want you to listen carefully

to what I have to say...

so that you shall

not misunderstand me.

As you know, I had decided on a

divorce and had even begun proceedings.

I confess, I was swayed

by motives of revenge.

More than that, when I heard of this

illness, I even desired her death.

But now I have seen her

and forgiven her.

And the joy of forgiveness

has made my duty clear.

I'm willing to offer

the other cheek.

This is my position.

You may trample me in the mud, make

me a laughingstock to the world,

but if she lives,

i shall not forsake her...

nor utter a word

of reproach against you.

If she wishes to see you

i will let you know,

but now I think

you had better go.

Hey, vronsky's dead.

- What?

- Vronsky's dead.

Hey, wait a minute.

He's not quite dead. Listen.

"Count alexey vronsky,

captain of the horse guard...

"who had just resigned

his commission...

"accidentally wounded himself

while cleaning his revolver.

The wound is serious,

but his life is not in danger."

Do you believe

it was an accident?

Isn't it logical in the

case of a military man?

I hand in my resignation.

I am no longer an officer.

I take my revolver to pieces.

It is no use to me now.

But the revolver wants to

remain military, so it goes off.

Is that the oblonskys' coach?

Hello, my dear boy.

Hello. Nice to see you.

Working hard, eh?

What a surprise.

You'll stay of course.

Well, that's very kind.

But we just drove over to bring

you that new saddle you asked for.

Oh, yes. Thanks. You'll

find it in the coach.

I think you'll like it.

Yeah?

Go and see it.

Good morning. Good morning,

konstantin dmitrevitch.

I've done what no other

girl in the world would do.

Mother and father would die of

shame on the spot. I'm glad you came.

I'm sorry about my hands.

They're so dirty.

We've been harvesting.

I knew you couldn't

come back to me.

I hurt you so much,

so unjustly.

And this morning when I read in the

papers about count vronsky's accident,

i felt so little about it,

that I realized then it was...

you I had always loved.

There's no need to say anything.

I was waiting for you.

I am sorry you can't

come to the wedding.

Our presence together

at this ceremony...

might have silenced

a lot of malicious gossip.

I am sorry too.

Please tell kitty from me that

i hope she will be very happy.

I'm afraid I can't

give that message.

Such a remark might make it look as if

there were some condescension on my part.

You're forgetting

kitty's first engagement,

which was broken off

for reasons I need not mention.

You must be very

circumspect in society.

As you wish.

It is not important.

Good night, my dear.

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