Анна Каренина

Chapter 14

           Andfromaqueerassociationofideas,becauseinhisimaginationtheideaofSviazhsky’ssister-in-lawwasconnectedwithmarriage,itoccurredtohimthattherewasnoonetowhomhecouldmoresuitablyspeakofhishappiness,andhewasverygladtogoandseethem.

           Sviazhskyquestionedhimabouthisimprovementsonhisestate,presupposing,ashealwaysdid,thattherewasnopossibilityofdoinganythingnotdonealreadyinEurope,andnowthisdidnotintheleastannoyLevin.Onthecontrary,hefeltthatSviazhskywasright,thatthewholebusinesswasoflittlevalue,andhesawthewonderfulsoftnessandconsiderationwithwhichSviazhskyavoidedfullyexpressinghiscorrectview.TheladiesoftheSviazhskyhouseholdwereparticularlydelightful.ItseemedtoLevinthattheyknewallaboutitalreadyandsympathizedwithhim,sayingnothingmerelyfromdelicacy.Hestayedwiththemonehour,two,three,talkingofallsortsofsubjectsbuttheonethingthatfilledhisheart,anddidnotobservethathewasboringthemdreadfully,andthatitwaslongpasttheirbedtime.

           Sviazhskywentwithhimintothehall,yawningandwonderingatthestrangehumorhisfriendwasin.Itwaspastoneo’clock.Levinwentbacktohishotel,andwasdismayedatthethoughtthatallalonenowwithhisimpatiencehehadtenhoursstilllefttogetthrough.Theservant,whoseturnitwastobeupallnight,lightedhiscandles,andwouldhavegoneaway,butLevinstoppedhim.Thisservant,Yegor,whomLevinhadnoticedbefore,struckhimasaveryintelligent,excellent,and,aboveall,good-heartedman.

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