Анна Каренина

Chapter 6

           Whenthereadingofthereportwasover,peoplemovedabout,andLevinmetSviazhsky,whoinvitedhimverypressinglytocomethateveningtoameetingoftheSocietyofAgriculture,whereacelebratedlecturewastobedelivered,andStepanArkadyevitch,whohadonlyjustcomefromtheraces,andmanyotheracquaintances;andLevinheardandutteredvariouscriticismsonthemeeting,onthenewfantasia,andonapublictrial.But,probablyfromthementalfatiguehewasbeginningtofeel,hemadeablunderinspeakingofthetrial,andthisblunderherecalledseveraltimeswithvexation.SpeakingofthesentenceuponaforeignerwhohadbeencondemnedinRussia,andofhowunfairitwouldbetopunishhimbyexileabroad,Levinrepeatedwhathehadheardthedaybeforeinconversationfromanacquaintance.

           “Ithinksendinghimabroadismuchthesameaspunishingacarpbyputtingitintothewater,”saidLevin.Thenherecollectedthatthisidea,whichhehadheardfromanacquaintanceandutteredashisown,camefromafableofKrilov’s,andthattheacquaintancehadpickeditupfromanewspaperarticle.

           Afterdrivinghomewithhissister-in-law,andfindingKittyingoodspiritsandquitewell,Levindrovetotheclub.

           

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