Анна Каренина

Chapter 26

           Themarshwasdryandtherewerenogrouseatall.Hewalkedaboutthewholedayandonlybroughtbackthreebirds,buttomakeupforthathebroughtback,ashealwaysdidfromshooting,anexcellentappetite,excellentspirits,andthatkeen,intellectualmoodwhichwithhimalwaysaccompaniedviolentphysicalexertion.Andwhileoutshooting,whenheseemedtobethinkingofnothingatall,suddenlytheoldmanandhisfamilykeptcomingbacktohismind,andtheimpressionofthemseemedtoclaimnotmerelyhisattention,butthesolutionofsomequestionconnectedwiththem.

           Intheeveningattea,twolandownerswhohadcomeaboutsomebusinessconnectedwithawardshipwereoftheparty,andtheinterestingconversationLevinhadbeenlookingforwardtosprangup.

           Levinwassittingbesidehishostessattheteatable,andwasobligedtokeepupaconversationwithherandhersister,whowassittingoppositehim.MadameSviazhskayawasaround-faced,fair-haired,rathershortwoman,allsmilesanddimples.Levintriedthroughhertogetasolutionoftheweightyenigmaherhusbandpresentedtohismind;buthehadnotcompletefreedomofideas,becausehewasinanagonyofembarrassment.Thisagonyofembarrassmentwasduetothefactthatthesister-in-lawwassittingoppositetohim,inadress,speciallyputon,ashefancied,forhisbenefit,cutparticularlyopen,intheshapeofatrapeze,onherwhitebosom.Thisquadrangularopening,inspiteofthebosom’sbeingverywhite,orjustbecauseitwasverywhite,deprivedLevinofthefulluseofhisfaculties.

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