Анна Кареніна

Chapter 32

           

           “Ah,generosity!”saidNikolay,andhesmiled.“Ifyouwanttoberight,Icangiveyouthatsatisfaction.You’reintheright;butI’mgoingallthesame.”

           ItwasonlyjustatpartingthatNikolaykissedhim,andsaid,lookingwithsuddenstrangenessandseriousnessathisbrother:

           “Anyway,don’trememberevilagainstme,Kostya!”andhisvoicequivered.Theseweretheonlywordsthathadbeenspokensincerelybetweenthem.Levinknewthatthosewordsmeant,“Yousee,andyouknow,thatI’minabadway,andmaybeweshallnotseeeachotheragain.”Levinknewthis,andthetearsgushedfromhiseyes.Hekissedhisbrotheroncemore,buthecouldnotspeak,andknewnotwhattosay.

           Threedaysafterhisbrother’sdeparture,Levintoosetoffforhisforeigntour.HappeningtomeetShtcherbatsky,Kitty’scousin,intherailwaytrain,Levingreatlyastonishedhimbyhisdepression.

           “What’sthematterwithyou?”Shtcherbatskyaskedhim.

           “Oh,nothing;there’snotmuchhappinessinlife.”

           “Notmuch?YoucomewithmetoParisinsteadoftoMulhausen.Youshallseehowtobehappy.”

           “No,I’vedonewithitall.It’stimeIwasdead.”

           “Well,that’sagoodone!”saidShtcherbatsky,laughing;“why,I’monlyjustgettingreadytobegin.”

           “Yes,Ithoughtthesamenotlongago,butnowIknowIshallsoonbedead.”

           Levinsaidwhathehadgenuinelybeenthinkingoflate.Hesawnothingbutdeathortheadvancetowardsdeathineverything.Buthischerishedschemeonlyengrossedhimthemore.Lifehadtobegotthroughsomehowtilldeathdidcome

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