Анна Каренина

Chapter 5

           Hewentuptothetop,turnedbackagainandstartedmowing,andtheyallproceededtoforminlinebehindhim,goingdownhillthroughthehollowanduphillrightuptotheedgeoftheforest.Thesunsankbehindtheforest.Thedewwasfallingbynow;themowerswereinthesunonlyonthehillside,butbelow,whereamistwasrising,andontheoppositeside,theymowedintothefresh,dewyshade.Theworkwentrapidly.Thegrasscutwithajuicysound,andwasatoncelaidinhigh,fragrantrows.Themowersfromallsides,broughtclosertogetherintheshortrow,kepturgingoneanotherontothesoundofjinglingdippersandclangingscythes,andthehissofthewhetstonessharpeningthem,andgood-humoredshouts.

           Levinstillkeptbetweentheyoungpeasantandtheoldman.Theoldman,whohadputonhisshortsheepskinjacket,wasjustasgood-humored,jocose,andfreeinhismovements.Amongthetreestheywerecontinuallycuttingwiththeirscythestheso-called“birchmushrooms,”swollenfatinthesucculentgrass.Buttheoldmanbentdowneverytimehecameacrossamushroom,pickeditupandputitinhisbosom.“Anotherpresentformyoldwoman,”hesaidashedidso.

           Easyasitwastomowthewet,softgrass,itwashardworkgoingupanddownthesteepsidesoftheravine.Butthisdidnottroubletheoldman

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