Анна Каренина

Chapter 18

           Andnowwhenhehadlearnedtoknowher,toloveherassheshouldbeloved,hehadbeenhumiliatedbeforeher,andhadlostherforever,leavingwithhernothingofhimselfbutashamefulmemory.Mostterribleofallhadbeenhisludicrous,shamefulpositionwhenAlexeyAlexandrovitchhadpulledhishandsawayfromhishumiliatedface.HestoodonthestepsoftheKarenins’houselikeonedistraught,anddidnotknowwhattodo.

           “Asledge,sir?”askedtheporter.

           “Yes,asledge.”

           Ongettinghome,afterthreesleeplessnights,Vronsky,withoutundressing,laydownflatonthesofa,claspinghishandsandlayinghisheadonthem.Hisheadwasheavy.Images,memories,andideasofthestrangestdescriptionfollowedoneanotherwithextraordinaryrapidityandvividness.Firstitwasthemedicinehehadpouredoutforthepatientandspiltoverthespoon,thenthemidwife’swhitehands,thenthequeerpostureofAlexeyAlexandrovitchonthefloorbesidethebed.

           “Tosleep!Toforget!”hesaidtohimselfwiththesereneconfidenceofahealthymanthatifheistiredandsleepy,hewillgotosleepatonce.Andthesameinstanthisheaddidbegintofeeldrowsyandhebegantodropoffintoforgetfulness.Thewavesoftheseaofunconsciousnesshadbeguntomeetoverhishead,whenallatonceitwasasthoughaviolentshockofelectricityhadpassedoverhim.Hestartedsothatheleapeduponthespringsofthesofa,andleaningonhisarmsgotinapanicontohisknees.Hiseyeswerewideopenasthoughhehadneverbeenasleep.

Содержание книги
Настройки
Фон страницы
Размер шрифта
Межстрочный интервал
Фразовые глаголы
Показать / Скрыть меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Страница 707 из 1375