Chapter 4

           

           Whilethetrainwasstoppingattheprovincialtown,SergeyIvanovitchdidnotgototherefreshmentroom,butwalkedupanddowntheplatform.

           ThefirsttimehepassedVronsky’scompartmenthenoticedthatthecurtainwasdrawnoverthewindow;butashepasseditthesecondtimehesawtheoldcountessatthewindow.ShebeckonedtoKoznishev.

           “I’mgoing,yousee,takinghimasfarasKursk,”shesaid.

           “Yes,soIheard,”saidSergeyIvanovitch,standingatherwindowandpeepingin.“Whatanobleactonhispart!”headded,noticingthatVronskywasnotinthecompartment.

           “Yes,afterhismisfortune,whatwasthereforhimtodo?”

           “Whataterriblethingitwas!”saidSergeyIvanovitch.

           “Ah,whatIhavebeenthrough!Butdogetin....Ah,whatIhavebeenthrough!”sherepeated,whenSergeyIvanovitchhadgotinandsatdownbesideher.“Youcan’tconceiveit!Forsixweekshedidnotspeaktoanyone,andwouldnottouchfoodexceptwhenIimploredhim.Andnotforoneminutecouldweleavehimalone.Wetookawayeverythinghecouldhaveusedagainsthimself.Welivedonthegroundfloor,buttherewasnoreckoningonanything.Youknow,ofcourse,thathehadshothimselfoncealreadyonheraccount,”shesaid,andtheoldlady’seyelashestwitchedattherecollection.“Yes,herswasthefittingendforsuchawoman.Eventhedeathshechosewaslowandvulgar.”

           “It’snotforustojudge,countess,”saidSergeyIvanovitch;“butIcanunderstandthatithasbeenveryhardforyou.”

           “Ah,don’tspeakofit!Iwasstayingonmyestate,andhewaswithme.

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