Анна Кареніна

Chapter 13

           Thefurtherherode,thehappierhebecame,andplansforthelandrosetohismindeachbetterthanthelast;toplantallhisfieldswithhedgesalongthesouthernborders,sothatthesnowshouldnotlieunderthem;todividethemupintosixfieldsofarableandthreeofpastureandhay;tobuildacattleyardatthefurtherendoftheestate,andtodigapondandtoconstructmovablepensforthecattleasameansofmanuringtheland.Andtheneighthundredacresofwheat,threehundredofpotatoes,andfourhundredofclover,andnotoneacreexhausted.

           Absorbedinsuchdreams,carefullykeepinghishorsebythehedges,soasnottotramplehisyoungcrops,herodeuptothelaborerswhohadbeensenttosowclover.Acartwiththeseedinitwasstanding,notattheedge,butinthemiddleofthecrop,andthewintercornhadbeentornupbythewheelsandtrampledbythehorse.Boththelaborersweresittinginthehedge,probablysmokingapipetogether.Theearthinthecart,withwhichtheseedwasmixed,wasnotcrushedtopowder,butcrustedtogetheroradheringinclods.Seeingthemaster,thelaborer,Vassily,wenttowardsthecart,whileMishkasettoworksowing.Thiswasnotasitshouldbe,butwiththelaborersLevinseldomlosthistemper.WhenVassilycameup,Levintoldhimtoleadthehorsetothehedge.

           “It’sallright,sir,it’llspringupagain,”respondedVassily.

           “Pleasedon’targue,”saidLevin,“butdoasyou’retold.”

           “Yes,sir,”answeredVassily,andhetookthehorse’shead.“Whatasowing,KonstantinDmitrievitch,”hesaid,hesitating;“firstrate.

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