Анна Кареніна

Chapter 3

           Beforetherewasyouandthistoo,”headdedwithaglancetowardsherwaistthatsheunderstood“Iputallmyenergiesintowork;nowIcan’t,andI’mashamed;Idoitjustasthoughitwereatasksetme,I’mpretending....”

           “Well,butwouldyouliketochangethisminutewithSergeyIvanovitch?”saidKitty.“Wouldyouliketodothisworkforthegeneralgood,andtolovethetasksetyou,ashedoes,andnothingelse?”

           “Ofcoursenot,”saidLevin.“ButI’msohappythatIdon’tunderstandanything.Soyouthinkhe’llmakeheranoffertoday?”headdedafterabriefsilence.

           “Ithinkso,andIdon’tthinkso.Only,I’mawfullyanxiousforit.Here,waitaminute.”Shestoopeddownandpickedawildcamomileattheedgeofthepath.“Come,count:hedoespropose,hedoesn’t,”shesaid,givinghimtheflower.

           “Hedoes,hedoesn’t,”saidLevin,tearingoffthewhitepetals.

           “No,no!”Kitty,snatchingathishand,stoppedhim.Shehadbeenwatchinghisfingerswithinterest.“Youpickedofftwo.”

           “Oh,butsee,thislittleoneshan’tcounttomakeup,”saidLevin,tearingoffalittlehalf-grownpetal.“Here’sthewagonetteovertakingus.”

           “Aren’tyoutired,Kitty?”calledtheprincess.

           “Notintheleast.”

           “Ifyouareyoucangetin,asthehorsesarequietandwalking.”

           Butitwasnotworthwhiletogetin,theywerequiteneartheplace,andallwalkedontogether.

           

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