Анна Кареніна

Chapter 10

           

           Levinlookedfromtheportraittotheoriginal.ApeculiarbrilliancelightedupAnna’sfacewhenshefelthiseyesonher.Levinflushed,andtocoverhisconfusionwouldhaveaskedwhethershehadseenDaryaAlexandrovnalately;butatthatmomentAnnaspoke.“Wewerejusttalking,IvanPetrovitchandI,ofVashtchenkov’slastpictures.Haveyouseenthem?”

           “Yes,Ihaveseenthem,”answeredLevin.

           “But,Ibegyourpardon,Iinterruptedyou...youweresaying?...”

           LevinaskedifshehadseenDollylately.

           “Shewashereyesterday.ShewasveryindignantwiththehighschoolpeopleonGrisha’saccount.TheLatinteacher,itseems,hadbeenunfairtohim.”

           “Yes,Ihaveseenhispictures.Ididn’tcareforthemverymuch,”Levinwentbacktothesubjectshehadstarted.

           Levintalkednownotatallwiththatpurelybusinesslikeattitudetothesubjectwithwhichhehadbeentalkingallthemorning.Everywordinhisconversationwithherhadaspecialsignificance.Andtalkingtoherwaspleasant;stillpleasanteritwastolistentoher.

           Annatalkednotmerelynaturallyandcleverly,butcleverlyandcarelessly,attachingnovaluetoherownideasandgivinggreatweighttotheideasofthepersonshewastalkingto.

           Theconversationturnedonthenewmovementinart,onthenewillustrationsoftheBiblebyaFrenchartist.Vorkuevattackedtheartistforarealismcarriedtothepointofcoarseness.

           LevinsaidthattheFrenchhadcarriedconventionalityfurtherthananyone,andthatconsequentlytheyseeagreatmeritinthereturntorealism.Inthefactofnotlyingtheyseepoetry.

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