Анна Каренина

Chapter 10

           Oblonskyaimeddeliberatelyatanother,stillflyinglowinthereeds,andtogetherwiththereportoftheshot,thatsnipetoofell,anditcouldbeseenflutteringoutwherethesedgehadbeencut,itsunhurtwingshowingwhitebeneath.

           Levinwasnotsolucky:heaimedathisfirstbirdtoolow,andmissed;heaimedatitagain,justasitwasrising,butatthatinstantanothersnipeflewupathisveryfeet,distractinghimsothathemissedagain.

           Whiletheywereloadingtheirguns,anothersniperose,andVeslovsky,whohadhadtimetoloadagain,senttwochargesofsmall-shotintothewater.StepanArkadyevitchpickeduphissnipe,andwithsparklingeyeslookedatLevin.

           “Well,nowletusseparate,”saidStepanArkadyevitch,andlimpingonhisleftfoot,holdinghisguninreadinessandwhistlingtohisdog,hewalkedoffinonedirection.LevinandVeslovskywalkedintheother.

           ItalwayshappenedwithLevinthatwhenhisfirstshotswereafailurehegothotandoutoftemper,andshotbadlythewholeday.Soitwasthatday.Thesnipeshowedthemselvesinnumbers.Theykeptflyingupfromjustunderthedogs,fromunderthesportsmen’slegs,andLevinmighthaveretrievedhisillluck.Butthemoreheshot,themorehefeltdisgracedintheeyesofVeslovsky,whokeptpoppingawaymerrilyandindiscriminately,killingnothing,andnotintheslightestabashedbyhisillsuccess.Levin,infeverishhaste,couldnotrestrainhimself,gotmoreandmoreoutoftemper,andendedbyshootingalmostwithoutahopeofhitting.Laska,indeed,seemedtounderstandthis.

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