Chapter 16

           

           Atteno’clocktheoldprince,SergeyIvanovitch,andStepanArkadyevitchweresittingatLevin’s.HavinginquiredafterKitty,theyhaddroppedintoconversationuponothersubjects.Levinheardthem,andunconsciously,astheytalked,goingoverthepast,overwhathadbeenuptothatmorning,hethoughtofhimselfashehadbeenyesterdaytillthatpoint.Itwasasthoughahundredyearshadpassedsincethen.Hefelthimselfexaltedtounattainableheights,fromwhichhestudiouslyloweredhimselfsoasnottowoundthepeoplehewastalkingto.Hetalked,andwasallthetimethinkingofhiswife,ofherconditionnow,ofhisson,inwhoseexistencehetriedtoschoolhimselfintobelieving.Thewholeworldofwoman,whichhadtakenforhimsincehismarriageanewvaluehehadneversuspectedbefore,wasnowsoexaltedthathecouldnottakeitininhisimagination.Heheardthemtalkofyesterday’sdinnerattheclub,andthought:“Whatishappeningwithhernow?Issheasleep?Howisshe?Whatisshethinkingof?Ishecrying,mysonDmitri?”Andinthemiddleoftheconversation,inthemiddleofasentence,hejumpedupandwentoutoftheroom.

           “SendmewordifIcanseeher,”saidtheprince.

           “Verywell,inaminute,”answeredLevin,andwithoutstopping,hewenttoherroom.

           Shewasnotasleep,shewastalkinggentlywithhermother,makingplansaboutthechristening.

           Carefullysettorights,withhairwell-brushed,inasmartlittlecapwithsomeblueinit,herarmsoutonthequilt,shewaslyingonherback.Meetinghiseyes,hereyesdrewhimtoher.

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