Анна Кареніна

Chapter 12

           Moreover,therecollectionoftherejectionandtheparthehadplayedintheaffairtorturedhimwithshame.Howeveroftenhetoldhimselfthathewasinnowisetoblameinit,thatrecollection,likeotherhumiliatingreminiscencesofasimilarkind,madehimtwingeandblush.Therehadbeeninhispast,asineveryman’s,actions,recognizedbyhimasbad,forwhichhisconscienceoughttohavetormentedhim;butthememoryoftheseevilactionswasfarfromcausinghimsomuchsufferingasthosetrivialbuthumiliatingreminiscences.Thesewoundsneverhealed.Andwiththesememorieswasnowrangedhisrejectionandthepitifulpositioninwhichhemusthaveappearedtoothersthatevening.Buttimeandworkdidtheirpart.Bittermemoriesweremoreandmorecoveredupbytheincidents—paltryinhiseyes,butreallyimportant—ofhiscountrylife.EveryweekhethoughtlessoftenofKitty.Hewasimpatientlylookingforwardtothenewsthatshewasmarried,orjustgoingtobemarried,hopingthatsuchnewswould,likehavingatoothout,completelycurehim.

           Meanwhilespringcameon,beautifulandkindly,withoutthedelaysandtreacheriesofspring,—oneofthoserarespringsinwhichplants,beasts,andmanrejoicealike.ThislovelyspringrousedLevinstillmore,andstrengthenedhiminhisresolutionofrenouncingallhispastandbuildinguphislonelylifefirmlyandindependently.Thoughmanyoftheplanswithwhichhehadreturnedtothecountryhadnotbeencarriedout,stillhismostimportantresolution—thatofpurity—hadbeenkeptbyhim.

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