Анна Кареніна

Chapter 5

           

           DuringthewholeoftheperformanceLevinfeltlikeadeafmanwatchingpeopledancing,andwasinastateofcompletebewildermentwhenthefantasiawasover,andfeltagreatwearinessfromthefruitlessstrainonhisattention.Loudapplauseresoundedonallsides.Everyonegotup,movedabout,andbegantalking.Anxioustothrowsomelightonhisownperplexityfromtheimpressionsofothers,Levinbegantowalkabout,lookingforconnoisseurs,andwasgladtoseeawell-knownmusicalamateurinconversationwithPestsov,whomheknew.

           “Marvelous!”Pestsovwassayinginhismellowbass.“Howareyou,KonstantinDmitrievitch?Particularlysculpturesqueandplastic,sotosay,andrichlycoloredisthatpassagewhereyoufeelCordelia’sapproach,wherewoman,dasewigWeibliche,entersintoconflictwithfate.Isn’tit?”

           “Youmean...whathasCordeliatodowithit?”Levinaskedtimidly,forgettingthatthefantasiawassupposedtorepresentKingLear.

           “Cordeliacomesin...seehere!”saidPestsov,tappinghisfingeronthesatinysurfaceoftheprogramheheldinhishandandpassingittoLevin.

           OnlythenLevinrecollectedthetitleofthefantasia,andmadehastetoreadintheRussiantranslationthelinesfromShakespearethatwereprintedonthebackoftheprogram.

           “Youcan’tfollowitwithoutthat,”saidPestsov,addressingLevin,asthepersonhehadbeenspeakingtohadgoneaway,andhehadnoonetotalkto.

           Intheentr’acteLevinandPestsovfellintoanargumentuponthemeritsanddefectsofmusicoftheWagnerschool

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