A Noble Marriage

PENNY www.xbiquge.cc, the fastest update on the latest chapter of Noble Marriage [Anna]!    Madame Terrier did not hesitate for long, and Anna attributed it to Karenin's hints.

She gave him another look, for it turned out that the proper gentleman had such a cunning side.

"I will arrange everything."

Finally, the great bureaucrat promised so.

Madame Tellier could not find any reason to refuse, so the wedding date was set. In theory, Karenin should have stayed for dinner, but he could not get away from his official duties, and Madame Thérière was more pleased to appreciate those who had political ambitions than men who liked to please the woman's maiden family.

Anna had thought that according to Madame Thérière's impersonal personality, she might have to wait until the wedding day to spend some time alone with Karenin, but surprisingly, Madame Thérière thought that since they were about to get married, they could get to know each other briefly first.

So, clear the room, except for the necessary servants, and in the eyes of the nobility, the servants are no different from those ornaments, and if you want to be serious, ornaments are usually more expensive.

Black tea dense aroma floating, tea points delicately decorated in a silver plate, two people maintain the etiquette, sitting not close not far, although for Anna, a modern person, the distance is not really close, not even enough to be good friends, but she knew that can not ask enough.

"In two weeks." Anna cleared her throat and smiled again, as if she were surrounded by some magic bubble of joy all over her body.

It was clearly still cold, and the sun simply couldn't penetrate the heavy clouds in Russia to reach indoors, but Karenin felt like he felt it.

Sunshine, his little fiancée, all was well.

"I hope you don't feel rushed."

"Not at all."

Just as he expected, his fiancée was not at all reserved when it came to him, but that was, frankly, fine.

"I'll be in Petersburg the day after tomorrow, and I'll make all the arrangements, so you don't have to worry about anything. Next week, when you arrive in Petersburg, I will meet you at the railway station."

Karenin was not talking about love, his tone was no different from his usual speech, always in a state of calm statement, but Anna would like to think that it was a Karenin-style love talk. Honestly, how many men can give everything I promise so easily?

"So, you can call me by my name now?" Anna said this again without a head, while Karenin was no longer surprised.

His somewhat deep blue eyes, his gaze darted over Anna, and after a moment whispered as she wished, "Anna."

"This is the third time I have asked you to call me by my first name, and you must know that I am not always courageous, it happens only three times, Alexei." Anna said sweetly, her cheeks flushed.

"I don't say yes easily to things that are not according to etiquette and rules." Karenin said.

"I have to preserve our decency."

Anna ignored this insufficiently flattering fact and said bluntly: "I like the way you say 'we,' Alexei," she paused and said with cheerful emphasis, "I like the way you so naturally start saying 'we', it's so nice, and I feel more confident about our marriage."

"It is, as it should be." Karenin said after a rare moment of hesitation.

Anna shook her head as she said sincerely, "There are truths that everyone understands, but not many can do it easily and naturally."

Karenin fell into a short pause at Anna's words, and Anna didn't leave him alone like that for long, her standard bright eyes looking at her again.

"We're off to a good start!"

"A good start?" Karenin, recalling the memory of the ball two days before, when he had been shocked by the other party's proposal of marriage, was somewhat doubtful that it was really a good start, and her fiancée, who clearly saw this, puffed out her cheeks like a little squirrel, so puffed out that her dimples were invisible.

"Trust me, not everyone can one, can go through all of this."

Anna was going to say love at first sight, but the words came to her lips or she swallowed them, in the end, she is a little bold yes, but it does not mean that she does not have the reserve of a daughter.

Karenin did not guess this, after all, how smart he is, it is impossible to immediately understand the differences caused by the two times for women.

If Anna had first spoken to him not of marriage but that she had fallen in love with him at first sight, perhaps there would be no present. This is strange, as are certain laws of high society. People never rebel against marriage, but they all hang around lovers, happily switching between the two roles, in the day and the night.

Marriage is a rational and profitable choice, while like and love are not something you can just say out loud.

"Indeed." Karenin nodded in agreement, he thought, if he had not met her, I'm afraid he would never have experienced this in his life.

Anna thought Karenin was implicitly expressing his approval of the affair, as well as, his fondness for her, so instead she got a little shy.

Although both people misunderstood each other, it didn't stop them from feeling more and more satisfied with it. Sometimes, it is probably just like that. Two people who are already suitable, in some kind of coincidence, will naturally come to everything, and may be happy for life.

Time always passes too quickly, and although Karenin enjoyed his time with his young fiancée, he knew it was time for him to say goodbye. So without waiting for a polite reminder, he indicated to Anna that he had to go.

"So soon!" Anna was a little deflated.

Her undisguised regret was so pleasant to Karenin that he allowed himself to kiss his partner's hand again; after all, goodbyes are a form of etiquette, aren't they?

"Hold it up."

Anna looked at a letter that Karenin had turned up from somewhere, a little puzzled, and there was peace in those blue eyes as she raised them to look at the other woman.

Anna nodded, and the way he was so well behaved almost made Karenin want to kiss the other man more, but he restrained himself.

Karenin said a polite goodbye.

Anna went back to her bedroom, put the letter away, and went to Aunt Terriere's, where they were all waiting.

"Have you really decided?" Skeeva couldn't resist taking the lead, and Aunt Terriere gave her nephew a disapproving look, but Skeeva left her alone. He just had to be sure his little sister was happy from the bottom of her heart.

"I think it is a very good marriage. Yes, I think that Mr. Karenin is a decent and noble man."

From Anna's point of view, the best answer at this moment should stop at the first sentence, but Skewar's concern moved her again, so she said the second sentence to reassure him and let him understand that it was also her own heart.

"Well, to be honest, that Mr. Karenin is indeed a good candidate, I have spied on him with my fellow officers, the youngest officer in Petersburg. I mean in his position, others will have to sharpen their skills for at least five more years." Skewar looked at his prospective brother-in-law in a complimentary way, so he was that likeable.

"As Skeeva said, Anna, Mr. Karenin is a very good person, and your marriage to her will be very beneficial to our Oblonsky family. Since you choose today, you cannot lose the title of Mrs. Karenin later, no matter what happens." Mrs. Terrier hinted, knowing only too well what irrevocable wrongs young people are prone to do these days.

"Yes, Auntie." Anna promised. She didn't agree with these ideas of Madame Thérières, but what was the point of arguing with her about it?

Mrs. Terrier kindly let Anna go to rest and said that she would have her hands full from now on.

Anna doesn't really care about the wedding process; if a woman can get married to the right man, the tedious process isn't that important.

She went back to her bedroom and opened the letter.

The paper is familiar parchment, the handwriting is obviously different, the time is also different, she skipped the ones she wrote and saw directly the lines that were recently added.

A steady handwriting that is not fancy.

A smile blossomed at the corners of her mouth as Anna twirled around the bedroom holding the inconspicuous paper in both hands, her skirt like a blooming flower.

She gives thanks to the gods for allowing them to meet again, and soon after, they are about to get married.