Анна Кареніна

Chapter 5

           

           “Ah,tobesure,letmeintroduceyou,”hesaid.“Mycolleagues:PhilipIvanitchNikitin,MihailStanislavitchGrinevitch”andturningtoLevin“adistrictcouncilor,amoderndistrictcouncilman,agymnastwholiftsthirteenstonewithonehand,acattle-breederandsportsman,andmyfriend,KonstantinDmitrievitchLevin,thebrotherofSergeyIvanovitchKoznishev.”

           “Delighted,”saidtheveteran.

           “Ihavethehonorofknowingyourbrother,SergeyIvanovitch,”saidGrinevitch,holdingouthisslenderhandwithitslongnails.

           Levinfrowned,shookhandscoldly,andatonceturnedtoOblonsky.Thoughhehadagreatrespectforhishalf-brother,anauthorwellknowntoallRussia,hecouldnotendureitwhenpeopletreatedhimnotasKonstantinLevin,butasthebrotherofthecelebratedKoznishev.

           “No,Iamnolongeradistrictcouncilor.Ihavequarreledwiththemall,anddon’tgotothemeetingsanymore,”hesaid,turningtoOblonsky.

           “You’vebeenquickaboutit!”saidOblonskywithasmile.“Buthow?why?”

           “It’salongstory.Iwilltellyousometime,”saidLevin,buthebegantellinghimatonce.“Well,toputitshortly,Iwasconvincedthatnothingwasreallydonebythedistrictcouncils,orevercouldbe,”hebegan,asthoughsomeonehadjustinsultedhim.“Ononesideit’saplaything;theyplayatbeingaparliament,andI’mneitheryoungenoughnoroldenoughtofindamusementinplaythings;andontheotherside”(hestammered)“it’sameansforthecoterieofthedistricttomakemoney.

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