Анна Кареніна

Chapter 24

           

           Theykilledthreeofthebestcalvesbylettingthemintothecloveraftermathwithoutcareastotheirdrinking,andnothingwouldmakethemenbelievethattheyhadbeenblownoutbytheclover,buttheytoldhim,bywayofconsolation,thatoneofhisneighborshadlostahundredandtwelveheadofcattleinthreedays.Allthishappened,notbecauseanyonefeltill-willtoLevinorhisfarm;onthecontrary,heknewthattheylikedhim,thoughthimasimplegentleman(theirhighestpraise);butithappenedsimplybecausealltheywantedwastoworkmerrilyandcarelessly,andhisinterestswerenotonlyremoteandincomprehensibletothem,butfatallyopposedtotheirmostjustclaims.Longbefore,Levinhadfeltdissatisfactionwithhisownpositioninregardtotheland.Hesawwherehisboatleaked,buthedidnotlookfortheleak,perhapspurposelydeceivinghimself.(Nothingwouldbelefthimifhelostfaithinit.)Butnowhecoulddeceivehimselfnolonger.Thefarmingoftheland,ashewasmanagingit,hadbecomenotmerelyunattractivebutrevoltingtohim,andhecouldtakenofurtherinterestinit.

           Tothisnowwasjoinedthepresence,onlytwenty-fivemilesoff,ofKittyShtcherbatskaya,whomhelongedtoseeandcouldnotsee.DaryaAlexandrovnaOblonskayahadinvitedhim,whenhewasoverthere,tocome;tocomewiththeobjectofrenewinghisoffertohersister,whowould,soshegavehimtounderstand,accepthimnow.LevinhimselfhadfeltonseeingKittyShtcherbatskayathathehadneverceasedtoloveher;buthecouldnotgoovertotheOblonskys’,knowingshewasthere.

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