Анна Каренина

Chapter 2

           Onthewayhethoughtnomoreofmoney,butmusedontheintroductionthatawaitedhimtothePetersburgsavant,awriteronsociology,andwhathewouldsaytohimabouthisbook.

           OnlyduringthefirstdaysofhisstayinMoscowLevinhadbeenstruckbytheexpenditure,strangetoonelivinginthecountry,unproductivebutinevitable,thatwasexpectedofhimoneveryside.Butbynowhehadgrownusedtoit.Thathadhappenedtohiminthismatterwhichissaidtohappentodrunkards—thefirstglasssticksinthethroat,thesecondfliesdownlikeahawk,butafterthethirdthey’reliketinylittlebirds.WhenLevinhadchangedhisfirsthundred-roublenotetopayforliveriesforhisfootmenandhall-porterhecouldnothelpreflectingthattheseliverieswereofnousetoanyone—buttheywereindubitablynecessary,tojudgebytheamazementoftheprincessandKittywhenhesuggestedthattheymightdowithoutliveries,—thattheseliverieswouldcostthewagesoftwolaborersforthesummer,thatis,wouldpayforaboutthreehundredworkingdaysfromEastertoAshWednesday,andeachadayofhardworkfromearlymorningtolateevening—andthathundred-roublenotedidstickinhisthroat.Butthenextnote,changedtopayforprovidingadinnerfortheirrelations,thatcosttwenty-eightroubles,thoughitdidexciteinLevinthereflectionthattwenty-eightroublesmeantninemeasuresofoats,whichmenwouldwithgroansandsweathavereapedandboundandthrashedandwinnowedandsiftedandsown,—thisnextonehepartedwithmoreeasily

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