Анна Каренина

Chapter 2

           Onthewayhethoughtnomoreofmoney,butmusedontheintroductionthatawaitedhimtothePetersburgsavant,awriteronsociology,andwhathewouldsaytohimabouthisbook.

           OnlyduringthefirstdaysofhisstayinMoscowLevinhadbeenstruckbytheexpenditure,strangetoonelivinginthecountry,unproductivebutinevitable,thatwasexpectedofhimoneveryside.Butbynowhehadgrownusedtoit.Thathadhappenedtohiminthismatterwhichissaidtohappentodrunkardsthefirstglasssticksinthethroat,thesecondfliesdownlikeahawk,butafterthethirdthey’reliketinylittlebirds.WhenLevinhadchangedhisfirsthundred-roublenotetopayforliveriesforhisfootmenandhall-porterhecouldnothelpreflectingthattheseliverieswereofnousetoanyonebuttheywereindubitablynecessary,tojudgebytheamazementoftheprincessandKittywhenhesuggestedthattheymightdowithoutliveries,thattheseliverieswouldcostthewagesoftwolaborersforthesummer,thatis,wouldpayforaboutthreehundredworkingdaysfromEastertoAshWednesday,andeachadayofhardworkfromearlymorningtolateeveningandthathundred-roublenotedidstickinhisthroat.Butthenextnote,changedtopayforprovidingadinnerfortheirrelations,thatcosttwenty-eightroubles,thoughitdidexciteinLevinthereflectionthattwenty-eightroublesmeantninemeasuresofoats,whichmenwouldwithgroansandsweathavereapedandboundandthrashedandwinnowedandsiftedandsown,thisnextonehepartedwithmoreeasily

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