ANNA KARENINA

Written by Tom Stoppard

Based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
INT. MOVING COACH--DAY

Anna's hysteria has solidified into a blank despair.
Karenin seems to want
to pretend that nothing important has happened.

KARENIN
Yo know . . . they say the !mperor dis"
approves of the ra#es . . . the danger of
in$ry . . . bt % . . .

Anna looks at him #ontemptosly.

ANNA
What&

KARENIN
%'m saying there is a vale in manly sport'
for the military""




107
ANNA
% don't nderstand.

KARENIN
%n my opinion' it's not the sport itself that's
wrong' it's the spe#ta#le' it's making a #rel
spe#ta#le ot of""

ANNA
What are yo talking abot&

Karenin #hanges ta#k.

KARENIN
% have to tell yo""

ANNA
Yes.

KARENIN
% have to tell yo' yo behaved improperly
today.

ANNA
And how was that&

She has raised her voi#e. (e raises a warning
finger' and rea#hes to #lose the
#ommni#ation window behind the #oa#hman's bo).

KARENIN
By making plain yor feelings when one of
the riders fell. Yor #ond#t was improper.
%t mst not o##r again. % have said it before.

Anna smiles faintly. (e is misled by that.


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KARENIN (CONT'D)
Yo are going to say my #on#ern is nne#es"
sary and ridi#los. Yo are my wife. % am
wrong to think that . . . yes""perhaps % was
mistaken.

Anna looks at him despairingly.

ANNA
*o' yo were not mistaken. % love him. %
am his mistress. % #an't bear yo' %'m afraid
of yo' % hate yo. +o what yo like to me.