Chapter 10

           

           FromthattimeanewlifebeganforAlexeyAlexandrovitchandforhiswife.Nothingspecialhappened.Annawentoutintosociety,asshehadalwaysdone,wasparticularlyoftenatPrincessBetsy’s,andmetVronskyeverywhere.AlexeyAlexandrovitchsawthis,butcoulddonothing.Allhiseffortstodrawherintoopendiscussionsheconfrontedwithabarrierwhichhecouldnotpenetrate,madeupofasortofamusedperplexity.Outwardlyeverythingwasthesame,buttheirinnerrelationswerecompletelychanged.AlexeyAlexandrovitch,amanofgreatpowerintheworldofpolitics,felthimselfhelplessinthis.Likeanoxwithheadbent,submissivelyheawaitedtheblowwhichhefeltwasliftedoverhim.Everytimehebegantothinkaboutit,hefeltthathemusttryoncemore,thatbykindness,tenderness,andpersuasiontherewasstillhopeofsavingher,ofbringingherbacktoherself,andeverydayhemadereadytotalktoher.Buteverytimehebegantalkingtoher,hefeltthatthespiritofevilanddeceit,whichhadtakenpossessionofher,hadpossessionofhimtoo,andhetalkedtoherinatonequiteunlikethatinwhichhehadmeanttotalk.Involuntarilyhetalkedtoherinhishabitualtoneofjeeringatanyonewhoshouldsaywhathewassaying.Andinthattoneitwasimpossibletosaywhatneededtobesaidtoher.

           

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