Анна Каренина

Chapter 16

           Inthosecynicalwordstherewasindeedagrainoftruth.

           “Yes,altogether,”thoughtDaryaAlexandrovna,lookingbackoverherwholeexistenceduringthosefifteenyearsofhermarriedlife,“pregnancy,sickness,mentalincapacity,indifferencetoeverything,andmostofallhideousness.Kitty,youngandprettyassheis,evenKittyhaslostherlooks;andIwhenI’mwithchildbecomehideous,Iknowit.Thebirth,theagony,thehideousagonies,thatlastmoment...thenthenursing,thesleeplessnights,thefearfulpains....”

           DaryaAlexandrovnashudderedatthemererecollectionofthepainfromsorebreastswhichshehadsufferedwithalmosteverychild.“Thenthechildren’sillnesses,thateverlastingapprehension;thenbringingthemup;evilpropensities”(shethoughtoflittleMasha’scrimeamongtheraspberries),“education,Latinit’sallsoincomprehensibleanddifficult.Andonthetopofitall,thedeathofthesechildren.”Andthereroseagainbeforeherimaginationthecruelmemory,thatalwaystorehermother’sheart,ofthedeathofherlastlittlebaby,whohaddiedofcroup;hisfuneral,thecallousindifferenceofallatthelittlepinkcoffin,andherowntornheart,andherlonelyanguishatthesightofthepalelittlebrowwithitsprojectingtemples,andtheopen,wonderinglittlemouthseeninthecoffinatthemomentwhenitwasbeingcoveredwiththelittlepinklidwithacrossbraidedonit.

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