Анна Каренина

Chapter 10

           Therearesomanywomenwhohavemadethemselvesunepositionsocialeinthatway.Andnowmorethanever,”shesaidwithamournful,confidingexpression,ostensiblyaddressingherbrother,butunmistakablyintendingherwordsonlyforLevin,“nowwhenIhavesuchneedofsomeoccupation,Icannot.”Andsuddenlyfrowning(Levinsawthatshewasfrowningatherselffortalkingaboutherself)shechangedthesubject.“Iknowaboutyou,”shesaidtoLevin;“thatyou’renotapublic-spiritedcitizen,andIhavedefendedyoutothebestofmyability.”

           “Howhaveyoudefendedme?”

           “Oh,accordingtotheattacksmadeonyou.Butwon’tyouhavesometea?”Sheroseandtookupabookboundinmorocco.

           “Giveittome,AnnaArkadyevna,”saidVorkuev,indicatingthebook.“It’swellworthtakingup.”

           “Oh,no,it’sallsosketchy.”

           “Itoldhimaboutit,”StepanArkadyevitchsaidtohissister,noddingatLevin.

           “Youshouldn’thave.MywritingissomethingafterthefashionofthoselittlebasketsandcarvingwhichLizaMertsalovausedtosellmefromtheprisons.Shehadthedirectionoftheprisondepartmentinthatsociety,”sheturnedtoLevin;“andtheyweremiraclesofpatience,theworkofthosepoorwretches.”

           AndLevinsawanewtraitinthiswoman,whoattractedhimsoextraordinarily.Besideswit,grace,andbeauty,shehadtruth.Shehadnowishtohidefromhimallthebitternessofherposition.Asshesaidthatshesighed,andherfacesuddenlytakingahardexpression,lookedasitwereturnedtostone.

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