Happy
families
are
all
alike;
/
every
unhappy family
is unhappy
{in
its own way}.
/
Everything
was
{in
confusion} {in the Oblonskys' house}. /
The
wife
had discovered
[that
the
husband
was
carrying on an intrigue
{with a French girl},
[who
had
been a governess
{in
their family}]] /,
and she
had
announced {to her husband} [that
she
could not
go
on
living {in
the same house} {with him}.] / This
position
{of affairs} had
now
lasted
three
days
(NuA),
/ and not only the
husband
and
wife
themselves
(Appositive to "husband" and "wife"),
but
all
the members {of
their family and household},
were
painfully
conscious
{of it}.
/ Every person
{in
the house} felt
[that
there was
no sense {in
their living together},]
and
[that the stray people
brought together
{by
chance} {in any inn} had
more
{in
common} {with one another} [than
they,
the members (Appositive
to "they") {of the family and
household} {of the Oblonskys}.]]
/ The wife
did
not
leave
her
own
room, /
the husband
had
not
been
{at home} {for three days}.
/ The
children
ran
wild
all {over the house};
/ the English governess
quarreled {with
the housekeeper}, and
wrote
{to
a friend} asking
her to look
out for a new
situation {for
her}; / the
man-cook
had
walked off
the day (NuA)
{before} just {at dinner-time};
/ the
kitchen-maid,
and
the
coachman
had
given warning.
/
Three days
(NuA) {after the quarrel}, Prince Stepan
Arkadyevitch
Oblonsky -- Stiva
(Appositive to "Prince ... Oblonsky"),
[as
he
was called {in
the fashionable world}]
-- woke
up {at his usual hour},
[that
is,
{at eight o'clock} {in the morning},] not
{in his wife's bedroom,}
but {on the leather-covered sofa} {in his study}.
/ He
turned over
his
stout, well-cared-for person
{on the springy sofa},
[as
though he would
sink {into
a long sleep} again] / ;
he
vigorously
embraced
the
pillow
{on
the other side} and
buried his
face
{in it};
/ but all
{at once} he
jumped
up,
sat
up
{on the sofa}, and opened
his
eyes.
/
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