Анна Кареніна

Chapter 19

           Hismother,whohadherownseparateproperty,hadallowedAlexeyeveryyeartwentythousandinadditiontothetwenty-fivethousandhehadreserved,andAlexeyhadspentitall.Oflatehismother,incensedwithhimonaccountofhisloveaffairandhisleavingMoscow,hadgivenupsendinghimthemoney.Andinconsequenceofthis,Vronsky,whohadbeeninthehabitoflivingonthescaleofforty-fivethousandayear,havingonlyreceivedtwentythousandthatyear,foundhimselfnowindifficulties.Togetoutofthesedifficulties,hecouldnotapplytohismotherformoney.Herlastletter,whichhehadreceivedthedaybefore,hadparticularlyexasperatedhimbythehintsinitthatshewasquitereadytohelphimtosucceedintheworldandinthearmy,butnottoleadalifewhichwasascandaltoallgoodsociety.Hismother’sattempttobuyhimstunghimtothequickandmadehimfeelcolderthanevertoher.Buthecouldnotdrawbackfromthegenerouswordwhenitwasonceuttered,eventhoughhefeltnow,vaguelyforeseeingcertaineventualitiesinhisintriguewithMadameKarenina,thatthisgenerouswordhadbeenspokenthoughtlessly,andthateventhoughhewerenotmarriedhemightneedallthehundredthousandofincome.Butitwasimpossibletodrawback.Hehadonlytorecallhisbrother’swife,torememberhowthatsweet,delightfulVaryasought,ateveryconvenientopportunity,toremindhimthatsherememberedhisgenerosityandappreciatedit,tograsptheimpossibilityoftakingbackhisgift.Itwasasimpossibleasbeatingawoman,stealing,orlying

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