Part 6. Chapter 30.

Sviazhsky took Levin's arm, and went with him to his own friends. This time there was no avoiding Vronsky. He was standing with Stepan Arkadyevitch and Sergey Ivanovitch, and looking straight at Levin as he drew near. Il se tenait avec Stepan Arkadyevitch et Sergey Ivanovitch, et regardait directement Levin alors qu'il s'approchait.

"Delighted! I believe I've had the pleasure of meeting you…at Princess Shtcherbatskaya's," he said, giving Levin his hand. "Yes, I quite remember our meeting," said Levin, and blushing crimson, he turned away immediately, and began talking to his brother. With a slight smile Vronsky went on talking to Sviazhsky, obviously without the slightest inclination to enter into conversation with Levin. But Levin, as he talked to his brother, was continually looking round at Vronsky, trying to think of something to say to him to gloss over his rudeness. Mais Levin, alors qu'il parlait à son frère, regardait continuellement Vronsky, essayant de penser à quelque chose à lui dire pour dissimuler sa grossièreté.

"What are we waiting for now?" asked Levin, looking at Sviazhsky and Vronsky.

"For Snetkov. He has to refuse or to consent to stand," answered Sviazhsky. "Well, and what has he done, consented or not?" "That's the point, that he's done neither," said Vronsky. "C'est le point, qu'il n'a fait ni l'un ni l'autre," dit Vronsky. „Čia esmė, kad jis nepadarė nė vieno“, - sakė Vronsky. "And if he refuses, who will stand then?" "Et s'il refuse, qui se lèvera alors?" asked Levin, looking at Vronsky.

"Whoever chooses to," said Sviazhsky. "Celui qui choisit de le faire", a déclaré Sviazhsky. - Kas nori, - tarė Sviažskis. "Shall you?" asked Levin.

"Certainly not I," said Sviazhsky, looking confused, and turning an alarmed glance at the malignant gentleman, who was standing beside Sergey Ivanovitch. "Who then? Nevyedovsky?" said Levin, feeling he was putting his foot into it. dit Levin, sentant qu'il y mettait le pied.

But this was worse still. Mais c'était encore pire. Nevyedovsky and Sviazhsky were the two candidates.

"I certainly shall not, under any circumstances," answered the malignant gentleman. "Je ne le ferai certainement pas, en aucune circonstance", répondit le méchant monsieur. This was Nevyedovsky himself. Sviazhsky introduced him to Levin.

"Well, you find it exciting too?" - Na, tau taip pat atrodo įdomu? said Stepan Arkadyevitch, winking at Vronsky. "It's something like a race. One might bet on it." "Yes, it is keenly exciting," said Vronsky. "Oui, c'est très excitant", a déclaré Vronsky. 'Ja, het is enorm opwindend', zei Vronsky. "And once taking the thing up, one's eager to see it through. «Et une fois la chose prise, on a hâte de la voir à travers. It's a fight!" he said, scowling and setting his powerful jaws. dit-il en fronçant les sourcils et en serrant ses puissantes mâchoires.

"What a capable fellow Sviazhsky is! Sees it all so clearly." "Oh, yes!" Vronsky assented indifferently.

A silence followed, during which Vronsky—since he had to look at something—looked at Levin, at his feet, at his uniform, then at his face, and noticing his gloomy eyes fixed upon him, he said, in order to say something:

"How is it that you, living constantly in the country, are not a justice of the peace? You are not in the uniform of one." "It's because I consider that the justice of the peace is a silly institution," Levin answered gloomily. „Taip yra todėl, kad manau, jog taikos teisingumas yra kvaila institucija“, - niūriai atsakė Levinas. He had been all the time looking for an opportunity to enter into conversation with Vronsky, so as to smooth over his rudeness at their first meeting.

"I don't think so, quite the contrary," Vronsky said, with quiet surprise. - Nemanau, atvirkščiai, - tarė Vronskis tyliai nustebęs. "It's a plaything," Levin cut him short. "C'est un jouet," l'interrompit Levin. 'Het is een speeltje,' onderbrak Levin hem. "We don't want justices of the peace. «Nous ne voulons pas de juges de paix. I've never had a single thing to do with them during eight years. Aš per aštuonerius metus niekada neturėjau su jais nieko bendro. And what I have had was decided wrongly by them. Tai, ką turėjau, jie nusprendė neteisingai. The justice of the peace is over thirty miles from me. Le juge de paix est à plus de trente milles de moi. For some matter of two roubles I should have to send a lawyer, who costs me fifteen." And he related how a peasant had stolen some flour from the miller, and when the miller told him of it, had lodged a complaint for slander. Et il raconta comment un paysan avait volé de la farine au meunier, et quand le meunier lui en avait parlé, il avait déposé une plainte pour calomnie. All this was utterly uncalled for and stupid, and Levin felt it himself as he said it. Tout cela était absolument inutile et stupide, et Levin le sentit lui-même en le disant.

"Oh, this is such an original fellow!" - O, tai toks originalus draugas! said Stepan Arkadyevitch with his most soothing, almond-oil smile. dit Stepan Arkadyevitch avec son sourire le plus apaisant à l'huile d'amande. "But come along; I think they're voting…." "Bet ateik kartu; manau, kad jie balsuoja ..." And they separated.

"I can't understand," said Sergey Ivanovitch, who had observed his brother's clumsiness, "I can't understand how anyone can be so absolutely devoid of political tact. That's where we Russians are so deficient. The marshal of the province is our opponent, and with him you're ami cochon , and you beg him to stand. Le maréchal de la province est notre adversaire, et avec lui vous êtes ami cochon et vous le suppliez de se lever. De maarschalk van de provincie is onze tegenstander, en met hem ben je ami cochon, en je smeekt hem om te blijven staan. Count Vronsky, now …I'm not making a friend of him; he's asked me to dinner, and I'm not going; but he's one of our side—why make an enemy of him? Then you ask Nevyedovsky if he's going to stand. That's not a thing to do." "Oh, I don't understand it at all! And it's all such nonsense," Levin answered gloomily. Et c'est tellement absurde, »répondit sombrement Levin. "You say it's all such nonsense, but as soon as you have anything to do with it, you make a muddle." "Vous dites que tout cela n'a pas de sens, mais dès que vous avez quelque chose à voir avec ça, vous faites une confusion." 'Je zegt dat het allemaal zulke onzin is, maar zodra je er iets mee te maken hebt, maak je een warboel.' Levin did not answer, and they walked together into the big room.

The marshal of the province, though he was vaguely conscious in the air of some trap being prepared for him, and though he had not been called upon by all to stand, had still made up his mind to stand. Le maréchal de la province, bien qu'il fût vaguement conscient dans l'air d'un piège qui se préparait pour lui, et bien qu'il n'eût pas été appelé par tous à se lever, avait quand même décidé de se tenir debout. All was silence in the room. The secretary announced in a loud voice that the captain of the guards, Mihail Stepanovitch Snetkov, would now be balloted for as marshal of the province. Le secrétaire a annoncé à haute voix que le capitaine des gardes, Mihail Stepanovitch Snetkov, serait désormais élu maréchal de la province.

The district marshals walked carrying plates, on which were balls, from their tables to the high table, and the election began. Les maréchaux de district marchaient avec des assiettes, sur lesquelles étaient des boules, de leurs tables à la table haute, et l'élection commença. Apygardos maršalkai vaikščiojo nešini lėkštėmis, ant kurių buvo kamuoliukai, nuo savo stalų iki aukšto stalo, ir prasidėjo rinkimai.

"Put it in the right side," whispered Stepan Arkadyevitch, as with his brother Levin followed the marshal of his district to the table. «Mettez-le dans le côté droit», murmura Stépan Arkadyevitch, tandis que son frère Levin suivait le maréchal de son quartier à table. But Levin had forgotten by now the calculations that had been explained to him, and was afraid Stepan Arkadyevitch might be mistaken in saying "the right side." Mais Levin avait maintenant oublié les calculs qui lui avaient été expliqués et craignait que Stepan Arkadyevitch ne se trompe en disant «le bon côté». Surely Snetkov was the enemy. As he went up, he held the ball in his right hand, but thinking he was wrong, just at the box he changed to the left hand, and undoubtedly put the ball to the left. En remontant, il a tenu le ballon dans sa main droite, mais pensant qu'il avait tort, juste à la surface, il a changé pour la main gauche, et a sans aucun doute mis le ballon vers la gauche. An adept in the business, standing at the box and seeing by the mere action of the elbow where each put his ball, scowled with annoyance. Un adepte du métier, debout à la surface et voyant par la simple action du coude où chacun posait sa balle, renfrogné d'énervement. It was no good for him to use his insight. Ce n'était pas bon pour lui d'utiliser sa perspicacité.

Everything was still, and the counting of the balls was heard. Then a single voice rose and proclaimed the numbers for and against. The marshal had been voted for by a considerable majority. All was noise and eager movement towards the doors. Tout était bruit et mouvement empressé vers les portes. Snetkov came in, and the nobles thronged round him, congratulating him. Snetkov entra, et les nobles se pressèrent autour de lui, le félicitant.

"Well, now is it over?" Levin asked Sergey Ivanovitch.

"It's only just beginning," Sviazhsky said, replying for Sergey Ivanovitch with a smile. "Some other candidate may receive more votes than the marshal." Levin had quite forgotten about that. Now he could only remember that there was some sort of trickery in it, but he was too bored to think what it was exactly. Maintenant, il pouvait seulement se rappeler qu'il y avait une sorte de supercherie, mais il était trop ennuyé pour penser ce que c'était exactement. He felt depressed, and longed to get out of the crowd.

As no one was paying any attention to him, and no one apparently needed him, he quietly slipped away into the little room where the refreshments were, and again had a great sense of comfort when he saw the waiters. The little old waiter pressed him to have something, and Levin agreed. After eating a cutlet with beans and talking to the waiters of their former masters, Levin, not wishing to go back to the hall, where it was all so distasteful to him, proceeded to walk through the galleries. The galleries were full of fashionably dressed ladies, leaning over the balustrade and trying not to lose a single word of what was being said below. Les galeries étaient pleines de dames à la mode, penchées au-dessus de la balustrade et essayant de ne pas perdre un seul mot de ce qui se disait ci-dessous. With the ladies were sitting and standing smart lawyers, high school teachers in spectacles, and officers. Bij de dames zaten en stonden slimme advocaten, leraren op de middelbare school met brillen en agenten. Everywhere they were talking of the election, and of how worried the marshal was, and how splendid the discussions had been. In one group Levin heard his brother's praises. One lady was telling a lawyer:

"How glad I am I heard Koznishev! It's worth losing one's dinner. He's exquisite! So clear and distinct all of it! There's not one of you in the law courts that speaks like that. The only one is Meidel, and he's not so eloquent by a long way." Le seul est Meidel, et il n'est pas si éloquent de loin. " De enige is Meidel, en hij is lang niet zo welsprekend. ' Finding a free place, Levin leaned over the balustrade and began looking and listening.

All the noblemen were sitting railed off behind barriers according to their districts. Tous les nobles étaient assis baladés derrière des barrières selon leurs quartiers. Alle edellieden zaten, naar hun districten, achter barrières. In the middle of the room stood a man in a uniform, who shouted in a loud, high voice:

"As a candidate for the marshalship of the nobility of the province we call upon staff-captain Yevgeney Ivanovitch Apuhtin!" "En tant que candidat au poste de maréchal de la noblesse de la province, nous faisons appel au capitaine d'état-major Yevgeney Ivanovitch Apuhtin!" "Mes, kaip kandidatas į provincijos bajorų maršalą, kviečiame štabo kapitoną Jevgenijų Ivanovičių Apuhtiną!" "Als kandidaat voor het maarschalkschap van de adel van de provincie doen we een beroep op stafkapitein Yevgeney Ivanovitch Apuhtin!" A dead silence followed, and then a weak old voice was heard: "Declined!" "We call upon the privy councilor Pyotr Petrovitch Bol," the voice began again. "Declined!" a high boyish voice replied.

Again it began, and again "Declined." Weer begon het, en weer "Afgewezen." And so it went on for about an hour. Levin, with his elbows on the balustrade, looked and listened. At first he wondered and wanted to know what it meant; then feeling sure that he could not make it out he began to be bored. Then recalling all the excitement and vindictiveness he had seen on all the faces, he felt sad; he made up his mind to go, and went downstairs. Puis se rappelant toute l'excitation et la vengeance qu'il avait vues sur tous les visages, il se sentit triste; il se décida à partir et descendit. As he passed through the entry to the galleries he met a dejected high school boy walking up and down with tired-looking eyes. En passant par l'entrée des galeries, il rencontra un lycéen abattu qui marchait de long en large avec des yeux fatigués. On the stairs he met a couple—a lady running quickly on her high heels and the jaunty deputy prosecutor.

"I told you you weren't late," the deputy prosecutor was saying at the moment when Levin moved aside to let the lady pass. «Je vous ai dit que vous n'étiez pas en retard», disait le procureur adjoint au moment où Levin s'écarta pour laisser passer la dame. Levin was on the stairs to the way out, and was just feeling in his waistcoat pocket for the number of his overcoat, when the secretary overtook him. Levin était dans l'escalier menant à la sortie, et cherchait juste dans la poche de son gilet le numéro de son pardessus, lorsque le secrétaire le rattrapa.

"This way, please, Konstantin Dmitrievitch; they are voting." The candidate who was being voted on was Nevyedovsky, who had so stoutly denied all idea of standing. Le candidat qui faisait l'objet d'un vote était Nevyedovsky, qui avait si fermement nié toute idée de se porter candidat. Levin went up to the door of the room; it was locked. The secretary knocked, the door opened, and Levin was met by two red-faced gentlemen, who darted out. Le secrétaire frappa, la porte s'ouvrit et Levin fut accueilli par deux messieurs au visage rouge qui se précipitèrent.

"I can't stand any more of it," said one red-faced gentleman. After them the face of the marshal of the province was poked out. Après eux, le visage du maréchal de la province se dégagea. Achter hen werd het gezicht van de maarschalk van de provincie uitgestoken. His face was dreadful-looking from exhaustion and dismay. Son visage était horrible d'épuisement et de consternation.

"I told you not to let any one out!" he cried to the doorkeeper.

"I let someone in, your excellency!" "Mercy on us!" and with a heavy sigh the marshal of the province walked with downcast head to the high table in the middle of the room, his legs staggering in his white trousers. et avec un lourd soupir, le maréchal de la province marcha la tête baissée vers la table haute au milieu de la pièce, les jambes titubant dans son pantalon blanc.

Nevyedovsky had scored a higher majority, as they had planned, and he was the new marshal of the province. Nevyedovsky avait obtenu une majorité plus élevée, comme ils l'avaient prévu, et il était le nouveau maréchal de la province. Many people were amused, many were pleased and happy, many were in ecstasies, many were disgusted and unhappy. The former marshal of the province was in a state of despair, which he could not conceal. When Nevyedovsky went out of the room, the crowd thronged round him and followed him enthusiastically, just as they had followed the governor who had opened the meetings, and just as they had followed Snetkov when he was elected.