Анна Каренина

Chapter 26

           Secondly,hewouldneveragainlethimselfgivewaytolowpassion,thememoryofwhichhadsotorturedhimwhenhehadbeenmakinguphismindtomakeanoffer.ThenrememberinghisbrotherNikolay,heresolvedtohimselfthathewouldneverallowhimselftoforgethim,thathewouldfollowhimup,andnotlosesightofhim,soastobereadytohelpwhenthingsshouldgoillwithhim.Andthatwouldbesoon,hefelt.Then,too,hisbrother’stalkofcommunism,whichhehadtreatedsolightlyatthetime,nowmadehimthink.Heconsideredarevolutionineconomicconditionsnonsense.Buthealwaysfelttheinjusticeofhisownabundanceincomparisonwiththepovertyofthepeasants,andnowhedeterminedthatsoastofeelquiteintheright,thoughhehadworkedhardandlivedbynomeansluxuriouslybefore,hewouldnowworkstillharder,andwouldallowhimselfevenlessluxury.Andallthisseemedtohimsoeasyaconquestoverhimselfthathespentthewholedriveinthepleasantestdaydreams.Witharesolutefeelingofhopeinanew,betterlife,hereachedhomebeforenineo’clockatnight.

           Thesnowofthelittlequadranglebeforethehousewaslitupbyalightinthebedroomwindowsofhisoldnurse,AgafeaMihalovna,whoperformedthedutiesofhousekeeperinhishouse.Shewasnotyetasleep.Kouzma,wakedupbyher,camesidlingsleepilyoutontothesteps.Asetterbitch,Laska,ranouttoo,almostupsettingKouzma,andwhining,turnedroundaboutLevin’sknees,jumpingupandlonging,butnotdaring,toputherforepawsonhischest.

           “You’resoonbackagain,sir,”saidAgafeaMihalovna.

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