Анна Каренина

Chapter 24

           Whateverhesaid,whateverheproposed,washeardasthoughitweresomethinglongfamiliar,andtheverythingthatwasnotneeded.ButAlexeyAlexandrovitchwasnotawareofthis,and,onthecontrary,beingcutofffromdirectparticipationingovernmentalactivity,hesawmoreclearlythanevertheerrorsanddefectsintheactionofothers,andthoughtithisdutytopointoutmeansfortheircorrection.Shortlyafterhisseparationfromhiswife,hebeganwritinghisfirstnoteonthenewjudicialprocedure,thefirstoftheendlessseriesofnoteshewasdestinedtowriteinthefuture.

           AlexeyAlexandrovitchdidnotmerelyfailtoobservehishopelesspositionintheofficialworld,hewasnotmerelyfreefromanxietyonthishead,hewaspositivelymoresatisfiedthaneverwithhisownactivity.

           “HethatisunmarriedcarethforthethingsthatbelongtotheLord,howhemaypleasetheLord:Buthethatismarriedcarethforthethingsthatareoftheworld,howhemaypleasehiswife,”saystheApostlePaul,andAlexeyAlexandrovitch,whowasnowguidedineveryactionbyScripture,oftenrecalledthistext.Itseemedtohimthateversincehehadbeenleftwithoutawife,hehadintheseveryprojectsofreformbeenservingtheLordmorezealouslythanbefore.

           TheunmistakableimpatienceofthememberoftheCounciltryingtogetawayfromhimdidnottroubleAlexeyAlexandrovitch;hegaveuphisexpositiononlywhenthememberoftheCouncil,seizinghischancewhenoneoftheImperialfamilywaspassing,slippedawayfromhim.

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