Анна Кареніна

Chapter 8

           Itseemedtoherthat,knowingthis,hemightsoonerceasetoloveher;andshedreadednothingnowsomuchaslosinghislove,thoughshehadnogroundsforfearingit.Butshecouldnothelpbeinggratefultohimforhisattitudetoher,andshowingthatsheappreciatedit.He,whohadinheropinionsuchamarkedaptitudeforapoliticalcareer,inwhichhewouldhavebeencertaintoplayaleadingparthehadsacrificedhisambitionforhersake,andneverbetrayedtheslightestregret.Hewasmorelovinglyrespectfultoherthanever,andtheconstantcarethatsheshouldnotfeeltheawkwardnessofherpositionneverdesertedhimforasingleinstant.He,somanlyaman,neveropposedher,hadindeed,withher,nowillofhisown,andwasanxious,itseemed,fornothingbuttoanticipateherwishes.Andshecouldnotbutappreciatethis,eventhoughtheveryintensityofhissolicitudeforher,theatmosphereofcarewithwhichhesurroundedher,sometimesweigheduponher.

           Vronsky,meanwhile,inspiteofthecompleterealizationofwhathehadsolongdesired,wasnotperfectlyhappy.Hesoonfeltthattherealizationofhisdesiresgavehimnomorethanagrainofsandoutofthemountainofhappinesshehadexpected.Itshowedhimthemistakemenmakeinpicturingtothemselveshappinessastherealizationoftheirdesires.Foratimeafterjoininghislifetohers,andputtingonciviliandress,hehadfeltallthedelightoffreedomingeneralofwhichhehadknownnothingbefore,andoffreedominhislove,andhewascontent,butnotforlong.

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