Chapter 25

           

           VronskyandAnnaspentthewholesummerandpartofthewinterinthecountry,livinginjustthesamecondition,andstilltakingnostepstoobtainadivorce.Itwasanunderstoodthingbetweenthemthattheyshouldnotgoawayanywhere;butbothfelt,thelongertheylivedalone,especiallyintheautumn,withoutguestsinthehouse,thattheycouldnotstandthisexistence,andthattheywouldhavetoalterit.

           Theirlifewasapparentlysuchthatnothingbettercouldbedesired.Theyhadthefullestabundanceofeverything;theyhadachild,andbothhadoccupation.Annadevotedjustasmuchcaretoherappearancewhentheyhadnovisitors,andshedidagreatdealofreading,bothofnovelsandofwhatseriousliteraturewasinfashion.Sheorderedallthebooksthatwerepraisedintheforeignpapersandreviewsshereceived,andreadthemwiththatconcentratedattentionwhichisonlygiventowhatisreadinseclusion.Moreover,everysubjectthatwasofinteresttoVronsky,shestudiedinbooksandspecialjournals,sothatheoftenwentstraighttoherwithquestionsrelatingtoagricultureorarchitecture,sometimesevenwithquestionsrelatingtohorse-breedingorsport.Hewasamazedatherknowledge,hermemory,andatfirstwasdisposedtodoubtit,toaskforconfirmationofherfacts;andshewouldfindwhatheaskedforinsomebook,andshowittohim.

           Thebuildingofthehospital,too,interestedher.Shedidnotmerelyassist,butplannedandsuggestedagreatdealherself.

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