Анна Каренина

Chapter 26

           EverytimeLevintriedtopenetratebeyondtheouterchambersofSviazhsky’smind,whichwerehospitablyopentoall,henoticedthatSviazhskywasslightlydisconcerted;faintsignsofalarmwerevisibleinhiseyes,asthoughhewereafraidLevinwouldunderstandhim,andhewouldgivehimakindly,good-humoredrepulse.

           Justnow,sincehisdisenchantmentwithfarming,LevinwasparticularlygladtostaywithSviazhsky.Apartfromthefactthatthesightofthishappyandaffectionatecouple,sopleasedwiththemselvesandeveryoneelse,andtheirwell-orderedhomehadalwaysacheeringeffectonLevin,hefeltalonging,nowthathewassodissatisfiedwithhisownlife,togetatthatsecretinSviazhskythatgavehimsuchclearness,definiteness,andgoodcourageinlife.Moreover,LevinknewthatatSviazhsky’sheshouldmeetthelandownersoftheneighborhood,anditwasparticularlyinterestingforhimjustnowtohearandtakepartinthoseruralconversationsconcerningcrops,laborers’wages,andsoon,which,hewasaware,areconventionallyregardedassomethingverylow,butwhichseemedtohimjustnowtoconstitutetheonesubjectofimportance.“Itwasnot,perhaps,ofimportanceinthedaysofserfdom,anditmaynotbeofimportanceinEngland.Inbothcasestheconditionsofagriculturearefirmlyestablished;butamongusnow,wheneverythinghasbeenturnedupsidedownandisonlyjusttakingshape,thequestionwhatformtheseconditionswilltakeistheonequestionofimportanceinRussia,”thoughtLevin.

           TheshootingturnedouttobeworsethanLevinhadexpected.

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