Анна Кареніна

Chapter 5

           

           “Yes;butyoumightfinditeasiertogetintorelations,whichareafterallessential,withanyonepreparedtoseeyou.Butthat’sasyoulike.Iwasverygladtohearofyourintention.Therehavebeensomanyattacksmadeonthevolunteers,andamanlikeyouraisestheminpublicestimation.”

           “Myuseasaman,”saidVronsky,“isthatlife’sworthnothingtome.AndthatI’veenoughbodilyenergytocutmywayintotheirranks,andtotrampleonthemorfallIknowthat.I’mgladthere’ssomethingtogivemylifefor,forit’snotsimplyuselessbutloathsometome.Anyone’swelcometoit.”Andhisjawtwitchedimpatientlyfromtheincessantgnawingtoothache,thatpreventedhimfromevenspeakingwithanaturalexpression.

           “Youwillbecomeanotherman,Ipredict,”saidSergeyIvanovitch,feelingtouched.“Todeliverone’sbrother-menfrombondageisanaimworthdeathandlife.Godgrantyousuccessoutwardlyandinwardlypeace,”headded,andheheldouthishand.Vronskywarmlypressedhisoutstretchedhand.

           “Yes,asaweaponImaybeofsomeuse.Butasaman,I’mawreck,”hejerkedout.

           Hecouldhardlyspeakforthethrobbingacheinhisstrongteeth,thatwerelikerowsofivoryinhismouth.Hewassilent,andhiseyesrestedonthewheelsofthetender,slowlyandsmoothlyrollingalongtherails.

           Andallatonceadifferentpain,notanache,butaninnertrouble,thatsethiswholebeinginanguish,madehimforaninstantforgethistoothache.

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