Chapter 15

           

           Hedidnotknowwhetheritwaslateorearly.Thecandleshadallburnedout.Dollyhadjustbeeninthestudyandhadsuggestedtothedoctorthatheshouldliedown.Levinsatlisteningtothedoctor’sstoriesofaquackmesmerizerandlookingattheashesofhiscigarette.Therehadbeenaperiodofrepose,andhehadsunkintooblivion.Hehadcompletelyforgottenwhatwasgoingonnow.Heheardthedoctor’schatandunderstoodit.Suddenlytherecameanunearthlyshriek.TheshriekwassoawfulthatLevindidnotevenjumpup,butholdinghisbreath,gazedinterrifiedinquiryatthedoctor.Thedoctorputhisheadononeside,listened,andsmiledapprovingly.EverythingwassoextraordinarythatnothingcouldstrikeLevinasstrange.“Isupposeitmustbeso,”hethought,andstillsatwherehewas.Whosescreamwasthis?Hejumpedup,ranontiptoetothebedroom,edgedroundLizavetaPetrovnaandtheprincess,andtookuphispositionatKitty’spillow.Thescreamhadsubsided,buttherewassomechangenow.Whatitwashedidnotseeanddidnotcomprehend,andhehadnowishtoseeorcomprehend.ButhesawitbythefaceofLizavetaPetrovna.LizavetaPetrovna’sfacewassternandpale,andstillasresolute,thoughherjawsweretwitching,andhereyeswerefixedintentlyonKitty.Kitty’sswollenandagonizedface,atressofhairclingingtohermoistbrow,wasturnedtohimandsoughthiseyes.Herliftedhandsaskedforhishands.Clutchinghischillhandsinhermoistones,shebegansqueezingthemtoherface.

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