Анна Каренина

Chapter 3

           HewouldindeedhavebeenobligedtoadmitthatintheeasternmuchthelargerpartofRussiarentwasasyetnil,thatfornine-tenthsoftheeightymillionsoftheRussianpeasantswagestooktheformsimplyoffoodprovidedforthemselves,andthatcapitaldoesnotsofarexistexceptintheformofthemostprimitivetools.Yetitwasonlyfromthatpointofviewthatheconsideredeverylaborer,thoughinmanypointshedifferedfromtheeconomistsandhadhisowntheoryofthewage-fund,whichheexpoundedtoLevin.

           Levinlistenedreluctantly,andatfirstmadeobjections.HewouldhavelikedtointerruptMetrov,toexplainhisownthought,whichinhisopinionwouldhaverenderedfurtherexpositionofMetrov’stheoriessuperfluous.Butlateron,feelingconvincedthattheylookedatthemattersodifferently,thattheycouldneverunderstandoneanother,hedidnotevenopposehisstatements,butsimplylistened.AlthoughwhatMetrovwassayingwasbynowutterlydevoidofinterestforhim,heyetexperiencedacertainsatisfactioninlisteningtohim.Itflatteredhisvanitythatsuchalearnedmanshouldexplainhisideastohimsoeagerly,withsuchintensityandconfidenceinLevin’sunderstandingofthesubject,sometimeswithamerehintreferringhimtoawholeaspectofthesubject.Heputthisdowntohisowncredit,unawarethatMetrov,whohadalreadydiscussedhistheoryoverandoveragainwithallhisintimatefriends,talkedofitwithspecialeagernesstoeverynewperson,andingeneralwaseagertotalktoanyoneofanysubjectthatinterestedhim,evenifstillobscuretohimself.

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