Анна Кареніна

Chapter 29

           

           Thesimple-heartedIvan,thecowherd,seemedcompletelytograspLevin’sproposalthatheshouldwithhisfamilytakeashareoftheprofitsofthecattle-yardandhewasincompletesympathywiththeplan.ButwhenLevinhintedatthefutureadvantages,Ivan’sfaceexpressedalarmandregretthathecouldnothearallhehadtosay,andhemadehastetofindhimselfsometaskthatwouldadmitofnodelay:heeithersnatcheduptheforktopitchthehayoutofthepens,orrantogetwaterortoclearoutthedung.

           Anotherdifficultylayintheinvincibledisbeliefofthepeasantthatalandowner’sobjectcouldbeanythingelsethanadesiretosqueezeallhecouldoutofthem.Theywerefirmlyconvincedthathisrealaim(whateverhemightsaytothem)wouldalwaysbeinwhathedidnotsaytothem.Andtheythemselves,ingivingtheiropinion,saidagreatdealbutneversaidwhatwastheirrealobject.Moreover(Levinfeltthattheirasciblelandownerhadbeenright)thepeasantsmadetheirfirstandunalterableconditionofanyagreementwhateverthattheyshouldnotbeforcedtoanynewmethodsoftillageofanykind,nortousenewimplements.Theyagreedthatthemodernploughploughedbetter,thatthescarifierdidtheworkmorequickly,buttheyfoundthousandsofreasonsthatmadeitoutofthequestionforthemtouseeitherofthem;andthoughhehadacceptedtheconvictionthathewouldhavetolowerthestandardofcultivation,hefeltsorrytogiveupimprovedmethods,theadvantagesofwhichweresoobvious.

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