Анна Каренина

Chapter 5

           Whentheoldmangotupagain,saidhisprayer,andlaydownunderabush,puttingsomegrassunderhisheadforapillow,Levindidthesame,andinspiteoftheclingingfliesthatweresopersistentinthesunshine,andthemidgesthattickledhishotfaceandbody,hefellasleepatonceandonlywakedwhenthesunhadpassedtotheothersideofthebushandreachedhim.Theoldmanhadbeenawakealongwhile,andwassittingupwhettingthescythesoftheyoungerlads.

           Levinlookedabouthimandhardlyrecognizedtheplace,everythingwassochanged.Theimmensestretchofmeadowhadbeenmownandwassparklingwithapeculiarfreshbrilliance,withitslinesofalreadysweet-smellinggrassintheslantingraysoftheeveningsun.Andthebushesabouttheriverhadbeencutdown,andtheriveritself,notvisiblebefore,nowgleaminglikesteelinitsbends,andthemoving,ascending,peasants,andthesharpwallofgrassoftheunmownpartofthemeadow,andthehawkshoveringoverthestrippedmeadowallwasperfectlynew.Raisinghimself,Levinbeganconsideringhowmuchhadbeencutandhowmuchmorecouldstillbedonethatday.

           Theworkdonewasexceptionallymuchforforty-twomen.Theyhadcutthewholeofthebigmeadow,whichhad,intheyearsofserflabor,takenthirtyscythestwodaystomow.Onlythecornersremainedtodo,wheretherowswereshort.ButLevinfeltalongingtogetasmuchmowingdonethatdayaspossible,andwasvexedwiththesunsinkingsoquicklyinthesky.Hefeltnoweariness;allhewantedwastogethisworkdonemoreandmorequicklyandasmuchdoneaspossible.

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