Анна Каренина

Chapter 10

           amonth,hemustlendasumofmoneytosethimfree.Buthecouldnotletoffpeasantswhodidnotpaytheirrent,norletthemfallintoarrears.Itwasimpossibletooverlookthebailiff’snothavingmownthemeadowsandlettingthehayspoil;anditwasequallyimpossibletomowthoseacreswhereayoungcopsehadbeenplanted.Itwasimpossibletoexcusealaborerwhohadgonehomeinthebusyseasonbecausehisfatherwasdying,howeversorryhemightfeelforhim,andhemustsubtractfromhispaythosecostlymonthsofidleness.Butitwasimpossiblenottoallowmonthlyrationstotheoldservantswhowereofnouseforanything.

           Levinknewthatwhenhegothomehemustfirstofallgotohiswife,whowasunwell,andthatthepeasantswhohadbeenwaitingforthreehourstoseehimcouldwaitalittlelonger.Heknewtoothat,regardlessofallthepleasurehefeltintakingaswarm,hemustforegothatpleasure,andleavetheoldmantoseetothebeesalone,whilehetalkedtothepeasantswhohadcomeafterhimtothebee-house.

           Whetherhewereactingrightlyorwronglyhedidnotknow,andfarfromtryingtoprovethathewas,nowadaysheavoidedallthoughtortalkaboutit.

           Reasoninghadbroughthimtodoubt,andpreventedhimfromseeingwhatheoughttodoandwhatheoughtnot.Whenhedidnotthink,butsimplylived,hewascontinuallyawareofthepresenceofaninfalliblejudgeinhissoul,determiningwhichoftwopossiblecoursesofactionwasthebetterandwhichwastheworse,andassoonashedidnotactrightly,hewasatonceawareofit

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