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Chapter 20

           Hefeltthatthisindependentattitudeofamanwhomighthavedoneanything,butcaredtodonothing,wasalreadybeginningtopall,thatmanypeoplewerebeginningtofancythathewasnotreallycapableofanythingbutbeingastraightforward,good-naturedfellow.HisconnectionwithMadameKarenina,bycreatingsomuchsensationandattractinggeneralattention,hadgivenhimafreshdistinctionwhichsoothedhisgnawingwormofambitionforawhile,butaweekbeforethatwormhadbeenrousedupagainwithfreshforce.Thefriendofhischildhood,amanofthesameset,ofthesamecoterie,hiscomradeintheCorpsofPages,Serpuhovskoy,whohadleftschoolwithhimandhadbeenhisrivalinclass,ingymnastics,intheirscrapesandtheirdreamsofglory,hadcomebackafewdaysbeforefromCentralAsia,wherehehadgainedtwostepsupinrank,andanorderrarelybestowedupongeneralssoyoung.

           AssoonashearrivedinPetersburg,peoplebegantotalkabouthimasanewlyrisenstarofthefirstmagnitude.AschoolfellowofVronsky’sandofthesameage,hewasageneralandwasexpectingacommand,whichmighthaveinfluenceonthecourseofpoliticalevents;whileVronsky,independentandbrilliantandbelovedbyacharmingwomanthoughhewas,wassimplyacavalrycaptainwhowasreadilyallowedtobeasindependentaseverheliked.“OfcourseIdon’tenvySerpuhovskoyandnevercouldenvyhim;buthisadvancementshowsmethatonehasonlytowatchone’sopportunity,andthecareerofamanlikememaybeveryrapidlymade.ThreeyearsagohewasinjustthesamepositionasIam

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