Анна Кареніна

Chapter 28

           

           ButtherewasagleamofalarminSviazhsky’seyes,andhesaidsmiling:

           “No;thatscreamingstoryispositivelycapital!Didyoureallyhearityourself?”

           Levinsawthathewasnottodiscovertheconnectionbetweenthisman’slifeandhisthoughts.Obviouslyhedidnotcareintheleastwhathisreasoningledhimto;allhewantedwastheprocessofreasoning.Andhedidnotlikeitwhentheprocessofreasoningbroughthimintoablindalley.Thatwastheonlythinghedisliked,andavoidedbychangingtheconversationtosomethingagreeableandamusing.

           Alltheimpressionsoftheday,beginningwiththeimpressionmadebytheoldpeasant,whichserved,asitwere,asthefundamentalbasisofalltheconceptionsandideasoftheday,threwLevinintoviolentexcitement.ThisdeargoodSviazhsky,keepingastockofideassimplyforsocialpurposes,andobviouslyhavingsomeotherprincipleshiddenfromLevin,whilewiththecrowd,whosenameislegion,heguidedpublicopinionbyideashedidnotshare;thatirasciblecountrygentleman,perfectlycorrectintheconclusionsthathehadbeenworriedintobylife,butwronginhisexasperationagainstawholeclass,andthatthebestclassinRussia;hisowndissatisfactionwiththeworkhehadbeendoing,andthevaguehopeoffindingaremedyforallthisallwasblendedinasenseofinwardturmoil,andanticipationofsomesolutionnearathand.

           Leftaloneintheroomassignedhim,lyingonaspringmattressthatyieldedunexpectedlyateverymovementofhisarmorhisleg,Levindidnotfallasleepforalongwhile.

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