Анна Каренина

Chapter 13

           Anditactuallyseemedtohimthathealwayshadseenit:herecalledincidentsoftheirpastlife,inwhichhehadneverseenanythingwrongbeforenowtheseincidentsprovedclearlythatshehadalwaysbeenacorruptwoman.“Imadeamistakeinlinkingmylifetohers;buttherewasnothingwronginmymistake,andsoIcannotbeunhappy.It’snotIthatamtoblame,”hetoldhimself,“butshe.ButIhavenothingtodowithher.Shedoesnotexistforme....”

           Everythingrelatingtoherandherson,towardswhomhissentimentswereasmuchchangedastowardsher,ceasedtointeresthim.Theonlythingthatinterestedhimnowwasthequestionofinwhatwayhecouldbest,withmostproprietyandcomfortforhimself,andthuswithmostjustice,extricatehimselffromthemudwithwhichshehadspatteredhiminherfall,andthenproceedalonghispathofactive,honorable,andusefulexistence.

           “Icannotbemadeunhappybythefactthatacontemptiblewomanhascommittedacrime.Ihaveonlytofindthebestwayoutofthedifficultpositioninwhichshehasplacedme.AndIshallfindit,”hesaidtohimself,frowningmoreandmore.“I’mnotthefirstnorthelast.”Andtosaynothingofhistoricalinstancesdatingfromthe“FairHelen”ofMenelaus,recentlyrevivedinthememoryofall,awholelistofcontemporaryexamplesofhusbandswithunfaithfulwivesinthehighestsocietyrosebeforeAlexeyAlexandrovitch’simagination.“Daryalov,Poltavsky,PrinceKaribanov,CountPaskudin,Dram....Yes,evenDram,suchanhonest,capablefellow...

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