Анна Кареніна

Chapter 29

           Fartheron,itwascontinuallythesameagainandagain:thesameshakingandrattling,thesamesnowonthewindow,thesamerapidtransitionsfromsteamingheattocold,andbackagaintoheat,thesamepassingglimpsesofthesamefiguresinthetwilight,andthesamevoices,andAnnabegantoreadandtounderstandwhatsheread.Annushkawasalreadydozing,theredbagonherlap,clutchedbyherbroadhands,ingloves,ofwhichonewastorn.AnnaArkadyevnareadandunderstood,butitwasdistastefultohertoread,thatis,tofollowthereflectionofotherpeople’slives.Shehadtoogreatadesiretoliveherself.Ifshereadthattheheroineofthenovelwasnursingasickman,shelongedtomovewithnoiselessstepsabouttheroomofasickman;ifshereadofamemberofParliamentmakingaspeech,shelongedtobedeliveringthespeech;ifshereadofhowLadyMaryhadriddenafterthehounds,andhadprovokedhersister-in-law,andhadsurprisedeveryonebyherboldness,shetoowishedtobedoingthesame.Buttherewasnochanceofdoinganything;andtwistingthesmoothpaper-knifeinherlittlehands,sheforcedherselftoread.

           TheheroofthenovelwasalreadyalmostreachinghisEnglishhappiness,abaronetcyandanestate,andAnnawasfeelingadesiretogowithhimtotheestate,whenshesuddenlyfeltthatheoughttofeelashamed,andthatshewasashamedofthesamething.Butwhathadhetobeashamedof?“WhathaveItobeashamedof?”sheaskedherselfininjuredsurprise.Shelaiddownthebookandsankagainstthebackofthechair,tightlygrippingthepaper-cutterinbothhands.

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