Анна Кареніна

Chapter 4

           Helookedwithwearyandmelancholyeyesatthebrideandbridegroom,sighed,andputtinghisrighthandoutfromhisvestment,blessedthebridegroomwithit,andalsowithashadeofsolicitoustendernesslaidthecrossedfingersonthebowedheadofKitty.Thenhegavethemthecandles,andtakingthecenser,movedslowlyawayfromthem.

           “Canitbetrue?”thoughtLevin,andhelookedroundathisbride.Lookingdownatherhesawherfaceinprofile,andfromthescarcelyperceptiblequiverofherlipsandeyelashesheknewshewasawareofhiseyesuponher.Shedidnotlookround,butthehighscallopedcollar,thatreachedherlittlepinkear,trembledfaintly.Hesawthatasighwasheldbackinherthroat,andthelittlehandinthelonggloveshookasitheldthecandle.

           Allthefussoftheshirt,ofbeinglate,allthetalkoffriendsandrelations,theirannoyance,hisludicrouspositionallsuddenlypassedawayandhewasfilledwithjoyanddread.

           Thehandsome,statelyhead-deaconwearingasilverrobeandhiscurlylocksstandingoutateachsideofhishead,steppedsmartlyforward,andliftinghisstoleontwofingers,stoodoppositethepriest.

           “BlessedbethenameoftheLord,”thesolemnsyllablesrangoutslowlyoneafteranother,settingtheairquiveringwithwavesofsound.

           “BlessedisthenameofourGod,fromthebeginning,isnow,andevershallbe,”thelittleoldpriestansweredinasubmissive,pipingvoice,stillfingeringsomethingatthelectern.

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