Анна Кареніна

Chapter 30

           EithershewastakingthechildrenofaRussianfamilyhomefromthesprings,orfetchingashawlforasicklady,andwrappingherupinit,ortryingtointerestanirritableinvalid,orselectingandbuyingcakesforteaforsomeone.

           SoonafterthearrivaloftheShtcherbatskysthereappearedinthemorningcrowdatthespringstwopersonswhoattracteduniversalandunfavorableattention.Thesewereatallmanwithastoopingfigure,andhugehands,inanoldcoattooshortforhim,withblack,simple,andyetterribleeyes,andapockmarked,kind-lookingwoman,verybadlyandtastelesslydressed.RecognizingthesepersonsasRussians,Kittyhadalreadyinherimaginationbegunconstructingadelightfulandtouchingromanceaboutthem.Buttheprincess,havingascertainedfromthevisitors’listthatthiswasNikolayLevinandMaryaNikolaevna,explainedtoKittywhatabadmanthisLevinwas,andallherfanciesaboutthesetwopeoplevanished.Notsomuchfromwhathermothertoldher,asfromthefactthatitwasKonstantin’sbrother,thispairsuddenlyseemedtoKittyintenselyunpleasant.ThisLevin,withhiscontinualtwitchingofhishead,arousedinhernowanirrepressiblefeelingofdisgust.

           Itseemedtoherthathisbig,terribleeyes,whichpersistentlypursuedher,expressedafeelingofhatredandcontempt,andshetriedtoavoidmeetinghim.

           

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