Chapter 29

           

           Thenarrowroom,inwhichtheyweresmokingandtakingrefreshments,wasfullofnoblemen.Theexcitementgrewmoreintense,andeveryfacebetrayedsomeuneasiness.Theexcitementwasspeciallykeenfortheleadersofeachparty,whokneweverydetail,andhadreckonedupeveryvote.Theywerethegeneralsorganizingtheapproachingbattle.Therest,liketherankandfilebeforeanengagement,thoughtheyweregettingreadyforthefight,soughtforotherdistractionsintheinterval.Somewerelunching,standingatthebar,orsittingatthetable;otherswerewalkingupanddownthelongroom,smokingcigarettes,andtalkingwithfriendswhomtheyhadnotseenforalongwhile.

           Levindidnotcaretoeat,andhewasnotsmoking;hedidnotwanttojoinhisownfriends,thatisSergeyIvanovitch,StepanArkadyevitch,Sviazhskyandtherest,becauseVronskyinhisequerry’suniformwasstandingwiththemineagerconversation.Levinhadseenhimalreadyatthemeetingonthepreviousday,andhehadstudiouslyavoidedhim,notcaringtogreethim.Hewenttothewindowandsatdown,scanningthegroups,andlisteningtowhatwasbeingsaidaroundhim.Hefeltdepressed,especiallybecauseeveryoneelsewas,ashesaw,eager,anxious,andinterested,andhealone,withanold,toothlesslittlemanwithmumblinglipswearinganavaluniform,sittingbesidehim,hadnointerestinitandnothingtodo.

           “He’ssuchablackguard!Ihavetoldhimso,butitmakesnodifference.

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