A Noble Marriage - Chapter 50

The ball starts at half past six.

Karenin had some friendship with the durovkin. So he had a good reason to be there.

When attending such formal occasions, Karenin usually wears a tuxedo and a white tie. His body is relatively thin, and his clothes do not need to be too fancy. Well cut clothes are enough to make him look decent and steady.

Anna originally wanted to wear a low-key light color dress, but Karenin rarely agreed with this.

“You didn’t really care what I wear before.” Anna said with a smile, although not quite understand, but still chose a more luxurious skirt.

It was a sapphire blue skirt, the elbow part of the trumpet sleeve style, with grass-green bandage Satin tight, showing a small white arm.

The silver skirt is big, although not fancy, but very decent.

Her hair is not always as high as before, but bent into a half arc, the dark hair was deliberately deepened arc a few wisps scattered down. The headdress made of sapphire is fixed on both sides.

“I’m a little nervous.” Anna said. She looked down at her waist. “Maybe it’s a little tight around the waist, or I’ve been fat lately?” She spoke to herself very quickly.

“Do you really think this is better for me? Today’s protagonist is not me. ”

Karenin poured her a glass of water.

“Calm down, Anna. You don’t go there alone. ”

Anna took a deep breath, then looked at her husband and gave him a kiss on tiptoe.

“Thank you, Alexis.”

“For all you’ve done for me.”

Anna drank the water slowly. She went to the mirror and cheered herself up.

Karenin came up to her, left hand raised, slightly fixed Anna’s chin when she turned her head slightly, held a handkerchief in her right hand, and printed a water stain on the corner of her mouth with one corner of the handkerchief.

“It’s not a difficult thing, you’ve done what you can. I’ll do the rest for you

Anna raised her right hand, let her hand gently grasp Karenin’s left hand, and then leaned her head toward the dry and warm palms of the other party.

“You’re right.”

They went to the count durovkin’s house in a carriage.

The residence of the Earl of durovkin was not as prosperous as that of the pettesies, or even of Anna’s elder brother, o’bronsky’s, but in Petersburg, his house was one of the best.

The servant brought Anna and them to their master.

The Earl of durovkin was not well maintained. He was much older because of his thin figure. However, many people in Petersburg could not match him in his treatment of people.

After greeting the count of durovsky, Anna leaned on Karenin’s side. Like many women around here, Anna was in peace with her husband.

Karenin exchanged greetings with these people as usual.

Anna noticed that her husband seemed to be in hot demand, or, like a sturgeon that everyone would share, everyone wanted to say something to him, which indirectly reflected Karenin’s position in Petersburg.

Anna did not bother to listen to the jargon of officialdom. Her eyes were always on Miss Eliza, and she gave her a gentle smile.

“She didn’t recognize me yet.” Anna thought, she blinked and enjoyed the beauty of Miss Eliza in the crowd.

The hat of the same dress has been taken off.

Miss Eliza’s snow-white skin was like snow on the Russian mountains, and her hair was like gold, with pink and purple flowers on both sides of her hair.

Half of the people at the party, except Anna, were looking at Miss Eliza.

The courtesan of Petersburg, known for her meekness and beauty, stood next to the count of durovkin, a pity for most young people.

Anna noticed that Miss Eliza suddenly seemed to see someone. She whispered to the count of durovkin, who sent a servant.

She followed her gaze and found Mr. Gorman, Miss aurea, and Mr. prokhov.

Mr. Gorman dressed very carefully. Miss aurea wore a pink dress suitable for her age. Mr. prokhov even wore a bow tie and his thick hair was treated with hair gel. He was very handsome and strong.

The servants of the Earl of durovkin’s house introduced the three men.

Anna noticed that Mr. Gorman had seen her, a little surprised, but she soon regained her composure.

“I must give you a grand introduction to this gentleman. Although I know that many of you in this room have already known him, his talent is worthy of our re introduction, isn’t it?” The count of durovkin said with a smile, and there was applause.

“Why don’t you come? Mr. krasko. ”

When durovkin said the name, Anna was stunned, or several people who knew it.In the crowd, a tall, broad shouldered man, with a beautiful beard, was handsome but frivolous.

“Mr. krasko designed this suit for you, didn’t he?” Mr. durovkin asked Miss Eliza kindly.

The latter also nods with a smile.

Anna could not help but want to come forward, but Karenin held her in private.

Anna looked at each other. Karenin motioned to her not to move with the light from the corner of his eye. So she pursed her lower lip and kept standing.

There was a bit of discussion in the crowd. After all, the news we got at the beginning was not like this.

“It’s my pleasure to design clothes for you.” Mr. krasko kisses the back of Eliza’s hand. “You are as beautiful as spring, and so well matched with Mr. durovsky.”

Miss Eliza accepted Mr. krasko’s kiss and did not contradict her call at all.

Anna felt chilly all over.

She knows what’s going to happen next, the worst thing, I’m afraid

She didn’t finish it. Miss Eliza had already begun to do so.

The other party’s beautiful and gentle eyes looked at Mr. Gorman, and said with a kind of unbearable expression: “Mr. Gorman, I don’t know why you claim that this dress is designed by your store. Maybe this is a misunderstanding, but I have to tell you that this dress is tailor-made for me by Mr. Clarke.”

“You lie!” Mr. prokhov couldn’t hold back. He exclaimed, his face flushed.

“I didn’t expect you to do that. I always thought that we could compete fairly, Mr. Gorman, even though we were peers.” Said Mr. krasko, with a false expression.

“Or maybe you didn’t do it. After all, you haven’t been in this business for two or three years. If not, you can not cover up those despicable people. It’s the best to hand him over, and you can be cleared. ”

People looked at the green eyed young tailor. Anna’s heart was in a mess, anger on one side and guilt on the other.

She didn’t want to involve each other, but if she stood up now regardless, she would not be able to prove her innocence, and would be a shame to Karenin.

She looked at her husband, who looked down at her, closed her lips a few times, and silently conveyed the meaning of calm down.

Anna took a deep breath of air. She was close to her husband, who gently put her free hand on her forearm and comforted her.

“I agree with your word” mean. ” Mr. Gorman spoke, emphasizing the word despicable.

“We can take advantage of the fact that we can get a clear picture of it. After all, it’s about reputation. I don’t think we can accommodate these people with tolerance in this circle. ”

Mr. Gorman said pointedly, and then he exclaimed, “Miss Alina, it’s your turn to appear now!”

Everyone looks in one direction.

Wearing a crimson velvet dress, Miss Alina walked forward with her eyebrows raised high and her red lips plump. The tall Miss Alina immediately attracted everyone’s attention.

Women don’t usually use black leather belts, but miss Alina wears them.

Miss Alina, who was proud of herself, seemed to be born with this bold color. Her original blonde hair has now turned into a black one.

If everyone is attracted by Miss Alina’s bold dress, Anna is because this dress is clearly the last time she saw each other, she daubed it on the drawing.

As if thinking of something, Anna suddenly looks at her husband, who looks straight ahead with her eyes looking straight ahead, and the curvature of her jaw looks hard and even haughty.

“I’m sure everyone in the room can see that the two suits have their own style, but without exception, before again, they were unique in Petersburg.”

“Because they were all made by the same person.”

“This man is not me, let alone Mr. krasko.”

As he spoke, Mr. Gorman walked up to Anna. He gave her a gentle kiss on the back of her hand, and then said with a smile, “Mrs. Karenin, as the designer of them, I think it’s best for you to tell them in person.”

Then Mr. Gorman looked at everyone again and said, “Mrs. Karenin has a very outstanding talent. She loves clothes and hopes that every piece of clothes can bring beauty to the people who wear them. So she found me and told me with her charitable heart that she provided ideas and styles. Every time she sold a piece of clothes, it would be used for public welfare activities. Let the homeless children in Russia have clothes to cover their bodies. ”

“Can I ask if a lady who has paid so silently deserves to be respected?”

“You’re lying. It’s not like that!” ‘cried Mr. krasko, flushed and flustered.

Mr. Gorman looked contemptuously at each other, and he looked at Miss Alina, who spoke frankly about the last dinner.She asked Mr. krasko to order a dress, but the other party stole Mr. Gorman’s idea. When she knew it later, she had a big fight with Mr. krasko and told Mr. Gorman about it. But Mr. gohmann was generous enough to say that he did not intend to care about it.

“I’ve never seen such a shameless man.” Said Miss Alina in a contemptuous tone.

Mr. krasko turned purple with anger.

Karenin finally opened his mouth and said, “in this case, as a person who is not innocent in his identity, I think his words are no longer of trustworthy value. What do you say? Monsieur durovkin. ”

Karenin kicked the ball to the Earl, who was shocked by too much information at this moment, but he had been in politics for so long.

Durovkin knew that things were not so simple. He was still immersed in this love, but now he seems to be awake.

What you say is “natural.”

Durovkin let go of her hand, and Eliza, who had always been able to stand on his arm, was almost stumbling.

Her eyes looked bitterly at the man who was supposed to be his fiance tonight, but the latter glanced at her coldly.

Miss Eliza, who had been small, seemed to be smaller now.

She was assailed by sarcastic voices from the crowd.

She stood numbly, and finally, as the guards took her and krasno away, she looked up at Anna.

Anna saw Miss Eliza’s eyes, and her heart was so hot.

“Say something, Anna.” A low, steady voice made Anna look up and look over.

Karenin is familiar with the spotlight again, and now she feels familiar with the spotlight again.

It’s like in a dream.

Karenin leaned over her ear and said, “I said, you can do what you want.”

For a long time, Anna, with a smile and a gentle voice, introduced the idea of the two sets of clothes to the public. Since that night, Petersburg has a famous lady.