Анна Каренина

Chapter 27

           Ifyounowaregoingtowork,tostudyinordertowinareward,thentheworkwillseemhardtoyou;butwhenyouwork”(AlexeyAlexandrovitch,ashespoke,thoughtofhowhehadbeensustainedbyasenseofdutythroughthewearisomelaborofthemorning,consistingofsigningonehundredandeightypapers),“lovingyourwork,youwillfindyourrewardinit.”

           Seryozha’seyes,thathadbeenshiningwithgaietyandtenderness,grewdullanddroppedbeforehisfather’sgaze.Thiswasthesamelong-familiartonehisfatheralwaystookwithhim,andSeryozhahadlearnedbynowtofallinwithit.HisfatheralwaystalkedtohimsoSeryozhafeltasthoughhewereaddressingsomeboyofhisownimagination,oneofthoseboysthatexistinbooks,utterlyunlikehimself.AndSeryozhaalwaystriedwithhisfathertoactbeingthestory-bookboy.

           “Youunderstandthat,Ihope?”saidhisfather.

           “Yes,papa,”answeredSeryozha,actingthepartoftheimaginaryboy.

           ThelessonconsistedoflearningbyheartseveralversesoutoftheGospelandtherepetitionofthebeginningoftheOldTestament.TheversesfromtheGospelSeryozhaknewfairlywell,butatthemomentwhenhewassayingthemhebecamesoabsorbedinwatchingthesharplyprotruding,bonyknobbinessofhisfather’sforehead,thathelostthethread,andhetransposedtheendofoneverseandthebeginningofanother.SoitwasevidenttoAlexeyAlexandrovitchthathedidnotunderstandwhathewassaying,andthatirritatedhim.

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