Анна Каренина

Chapter 27

           

           Hefrowned,andbeganexplainingwhatSeryozhahadheardmanytimesbeforeandnevercouldremember,becauseheunderstoodittoowell,justasthat“suddenly”isanadverbofmannerofaction.Seryozhalookedwithscaredeyesathisfather,andcouldthinkofnothingbutwhetherhisfatherwouldmakehimrepeatwhathehadsaid,ashesometimesdid.AndthisthoughtsoalarmedSeryozhathathenowunderstoodnothing.Buthisfatherdidnotmakehimrepeatit,andpassedontothelessonoutoftheOldTestament.Seryozharecountedtheeventsthemselveswellenough,butwhenhehadtoanswerquestionsastowhatcertaineventsprefigured,heknewnothing,thoughhehadalreadybeenpunishedoverthislesson.Thepassageatwhichhewasutterlyunabletosayanything,andbeganfidgetingandcuttingthetableandswinginghischair,waswherehehadtorepeatthepatriarchsbeforetheFlood.Hedidnotknowoneofthem,exceptEnoch,whohadbeentakenupalivetoheaven.Lasttimehehadrememberedtheirnames,butnowhehadforgottenthemutterly,chieflybecauseEnochwasthepersonagehelikedbestinthewholeoftheOldTestament,andEnoch’stranslationtoheavenwasconnectedinhismindwithawholelongtrainofthought,inwhichhebecameabsorbednowwhilehegazedwithfascinatedeyesathisfather’swatch-chainandahalf-unbuttonedbuttononhiswaistcoat.

           Indeath,ofwhichtheytalkedtohimsooften,Seryozhadisbelievedentirely.Hedidnotbelievethatthosehelovedcoulddie,aboveallthathehimselfwoulddie.Thatwastohimsomethingutterlyinconceivableandimpossible.

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