Анна Кареніна

Chapter 24

           )“AsIhavementionedtoyou,there’sasortofcoldnessinhimtowardsthemostimportantquestionswhichoughttotouchtheheartofeverymanandeverychild....”AlexeyAlexandrovitchbeganexpoundinghisviewsonthesolequestionthatinterestedhimbesidestheservicetheeducationofhisson.

           WhenAlexeyAlexandrovitchwithLidiaIvanovna’shelphadbeenbroughtbackanewtolifeandactivity,hefeltithisdutytoundertaketheeducationofthesonleftonhishands.Havingneverbeforetakenanyinterestineducationalquestions,AlexeyAlexandrovitchdevotedsometimetothetheoreticalstudyofthesubject.Afterreadingseveralbooksonanthropology,education,anddidactics,AlexeyAlexandrovitchdrewupaplanofeducation,andengagingthebesttutorinPetersburgtosuperintendit,hesettowork,andthesubjectcontinuallyabsorbedhim.

           “Yes,buttheheart.Iseeinhimhisfather’sheart,andwithsuchaheartachildcannotgofarwrong,”saidLidiaIvanovnawithenthusiasm.

           “Yes,perhaps....Asforme,Idomyduty.It’sallIcando.”

           “You’recomingtome,”saidCountessLidiaIvanovna,afterapause;“wehavetospeakofasubjectpainfulforyou.Iwouldgiveanythingtohavesparedyoucertainmemories,butothersarenotofthesamemind.Ihavereceivedaletterfromher.SheishereinPetersburg.”

           AlexeyAlexandrovitchshudderedattheallusiontohiswife,butimmediatelyhisfaceassumedthedeathlikerigiditywhichexpressedutterhelplessnessinthematter.

           “Iwasexpectingit,”hesaid

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