Анна Кареніна

Chapter 30

           Hegotuptogotohiswriting-table,andLaska,lyingathisfeet,gotuptoo,stretchingandlookingathimasthoughtoinquirewheretogo.Buthehadnottimetowriteitdown,fortheheadpeasantshadcomeround,andLevinwentoutintothehalltothem.

           Afterhislevee,thatistosay,givingdirectionsaboutthelaborsofthenextday,andseeingallthepeasantswhohadbusinesswithhim,Levinwentbacktohisstudyandsatdowntowork.

           Laskalayunderthetable;AgafeaMihalovnasettledherselfinherplacewithherstocking.

           Afterwritingforalittlewhile,LevinsuddenlythoughtwithexceptionalvividnessofKitty,herrefusal,andtheirlastmeeting.Hegotupandbeganwalkingabouttheroom.

           “What’stheuseofbeingdreary?”saidAgafeaMihalovna.“Come,whydoyoustayonathome?Yououghttogotosomewarmsprings,especiallynowyou’rereadyforthejourney.”

           “Well,Iamgoingawaythedayaftertomorrow,AgafeaMihalovna;Imustfinishmywork.”

           “There,there,yourwork,yousay!Asifyouhadn’tdoneenoughforthepeasants!Why,as’tis,they’resaying,‘YourmasterwillbegettingsomehonorfromtheTsarforit.’Indeedanditisastrangething;whyneedyouworryaboutthepeasants?”

           “I’mnotworryingaboutthem;I’mdoingitformyowngood.”

           AgafeaMihalovnakneweverydetailofLevin’splansforhisland.Levinoftenputhisviewsbeforeherinalltheircomplexity,andnotuncommonlyhearguedwithheranddidnotagreewithhercomments.Butonthisoccasionsheentirelymisinterpretedwhathehadsaid.

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