Анна Каренина

Chapter 15

           

           “That’sso,nodoubt,”hesaid,withasignificantshakeofhisheadatSergeyIvanovitch’swords.

           “Here,then,askhim.Heknowsnothingaboutitandthinksnothing,”saidLevin.“Haveyouheardaboutthewar,Mihalitch?”hesaid,turningtohim.“Whattheyreadinthechurch?Whatdoyouthinkaboutit?OughtwetofightfortheChristians?”

           “Whatshouldwethink?AlexanderNikolaevitchourEmperorhasthoughtforus;hethinksforusindeedinallthings.It’sclearerforhimtosee.ShallIbringabitmorebread?Givethelittleladsomemore?”hesaidaddressingDaryaAlexandrovnaandpointingtoGrisha,whohadfinishedhiscrust.

           “Idon’tneedtoask,”saidSergeyIvanovitch,“wehaveseenandareseeinghundredsandhundredsofpeoplewhogiveupeverythingtoserveajustcause,comefromeverypartofRussia,anddirectlyandclearlyexpresstheirthoughtandaim.Theybringtheirhalfpenceorgothemselvesandsaydirectlywhatfor.Whatdoesitmean?”

           “Itmeans,tomythinking,”saidLevin,whowasbeginningtogetwarm,“thatamongeightymillionsofpeopletherecanalwaysbefoundnothundreds,asnow,buttensofthousandsofpeoplewhohavelostcaste,ne’er-do-wells,whoarealwaysreadytogoanywheretoPogatchev’sbands,toKhiva,toSerbia....”

           “Itellyouthatit’snotacaseofhundredsorofne’er-do-wells,butthebestrepresentativesofthepeople!”saidSergeyIvanovitch,withasmuchirritationasifheweredefendingthelastpennyofhisfortune

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