Chapter 6

           

           WhenOblonskyaskedLevinwhathadbroughthimtotown,Levinblushed,andwasfuriouswithhimselfforblushing,becausehecouldnotanswer,“Ihavecometomakeyoursister-in-lawanoffer,”thoughthatwaspreciselywhathehadcomefor.

           ThefamiliesoftheLevinsandtheShtcherbatskyswereold,nobleMoscowfamilies,andhadalwaysbeenonintimateandfriendlyterms.ThisintimacyhadgrownstillcloserduringLevin’sstudentdays.HehadbothpreparedfortheuniversitywiththeyoungPrinceShtcherbatsky,thebrotherofKittyandDolly,andhadenteredatthesametimewithhim.InthosedaysLevinusedoftentobeintheShtcherbatskys’house,andhewasinlovewiththeShtcherbatskyhousehold.Strangeasitmayappear,itwaswiththehousehold,thefamily,thatKonstantinLevinwasinlove,especiallywiththefemininehalfofthehousehold.Levindidnotrememberhisownmother,andhisonlysisterwasolderthanhewas,sothatitwasintheShtcherbatskys’housethathesawforthefirsttimethatinnerlifeofanold,noble,cultivated,andhonorablefamilyofwhichhehadbeendeprivedbythedeathofhisfatherandmother.Allthemembersofthatfamily,especiallythefemininehalf,werepicturedbyhim,asitwere,wrappedaboutwithamysteriouspoeticalveil,andhenotonlyperceivednodefectswhateverinthem,butunderthepoeticalveilthatshroudedthemheassumedtheexistenceoftheloftiestsentimentsandeverypossibleperfection.

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