Анна Каренина

Chapter 4

           That’sagreatthing,”SergeyIvanovitchsaidtohimself,feelingatthesametimethatthisconsiderationhadnottheslightestimportanceforhimpersonally,butwouldonlyperhapsdetractfromhisromanticcharacterintheeyesofothers.“Butapartfromthat,howevermuchIsearched,Ishouldneverfindanythingtosayagainstmyfeeling.IfIwerechoosingbyconsiderationsofsuitabilityalone,Icouldnothavefoundanythingbetter.”

           Howevermanywomenandgirlshethoughtofwhomheknew,hecouldnotthinkofagirlwhounitedtosuchadegreeall,positivelyall,thequalitieshewouldwishtoseeinhiswife.Shehadallthecharmandfreshnessofyouth,butshewasnotachild;andifshelovedhim,shelovedhimconsciouslyasawomanoughttolove;thatwasonething.Anotherpoint:shewasnotonlyfarfrombeingworldly,buthadanunmistakabledistasteforworldlysociety,andatthesametimesheknewtheworld,andhadallthewaysofawomanofthebestsociety,whichwereabsolutelyessentialtoSergeyIvanovitch’sconceptionofthewomanwhowastosharehislife.Thirdly:shewasreligious,andnotlikeachild,unconsciouslyreligiousandgood,asKitty,forexample,was,butherlifewasfoundedonreligiousprinciples.Evenintriflingmatters,SergeyIvanovitchfoundinherallthathewantedinhiswife:shewaspoorandaloneintheworld,soshewouldnotbringwithheramassofrelationsandtheirinfluenceintoherhusband’shouse,ashesawnowinKitty’scase.Shewouldoweeverythingtoherhusband,whichwaswhathehadalwaysdesiredtooforhisfuturefamilylife

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