Анна Каренина

Chapter 2

           KonstantinLevindidnotliketalkingandhearingaboutthebeautyofnature.Wordsforhimtookawaythebeautyofwhathesaw.Heassentedtowhathisbrothersaid,buthecouldnothelpbeginningtothinkofotherthings.Whentheycameoutofthewoods,allhisattentionwasengrossedbytheviewofthefallowlandontheupland,inpartsyellowwithgrass,inpartstrampledandcheckeredwithfurrows,inpartsdottedwithridgesofdung,andinpartsevenploughed.Astringofcartswasmovingacrossit.Levincountedthecarts,andwaspleasedthatallthatwerewantedhadbeenbrought,andatthesightofthemeadowshisthoughtspassedtothemowing.Healwaysfeltsomethingspecialmovinghimtothequickatthehay-making.OnreachingthemeadowLevinstoppedthehorse.

           Themorningdewwasstilllyingonthethickundergrowthofthegrass,andthathemightnotgethisfeetwet,SergeyIvanovitchaskedhisbrothertodrivehiminthetrapuptothewillowtreefromwhichthecarpwascaught.SorryasKonstantinLevinwastocrushdownhismowinggrass,hedrovehimintothemeadow.Thehighgrasssoftlyturnedaboutthewheelsandthehorse’slegs,leavingitsseedsclingingtothewetaxlesandspokesofthewheels.Hisbrotherseatedhimselfunderabush,arranginghistackle,whileLevinledthehorseaway,fastenedhimup,andwalkedintothevastgray-greenseaofgrassunstirredbythewind.Thesilkygrasswithitsripeseedscamealmosttohiswaistinthedampestspots.

           Crossingthemeadow,KonstantinLevincameoutontotheroad,andmetanoldmanwithaswolleneye,carryingaskeponhisshoulder

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