Анна Каренина

Chapter 3

           TheconversationtouchedforabriefspaceonpoliticsandonhowrecenteventswerelookedatinthehigherspheresinPetersburg.Metrovrepeatedasayingthathadreachedhimthroughamosttrustworthysource,reportedashavingbeenutteredonthissubjectbytheTsarandoneoftheministers.KatavasovhadheardalsoonexcellentauthoritythattheTsarhadsaidsomethingquitedifferent.Levintriedtoimaginecircumstancesinwhichbothsayingsmighthavebeenuttered,andtheconversationonthattopicdropped.

           “Yes,herehe’swrittenalmostabookonthenaturalconditionsofthelaborerinrelationtotheland,”saidKatavasov;“I’mnotaspecialist,butI,asanaturalscienceman,waspleasedathisnottakingmankindassomethingoutsidebiologicallaws;but,onthecontrary,seeinghisdependenceonhissurroundings,andinthatdependenceseekingthelawsofhisdevelopment.”

           “That’sveryinteresting,”saidMetrov.

           “WhatIbeganpreciselywastowriteabookonagriculture;butstudyingthechiefinstrumentofagriculture,thelaborer,”saidLevin,reddening,“Icouldnothelpcomingtoquiteunexpectedresults.”

           AndLevinbegancarefully,asitwere,feelinghisground,toexpoundhisviews.HeknewMetrovhadwrittenanarticleagainstthegenerallyacceptedtheoryofpoliticaleconomy,buttowhatextenthecouldreckononhissympathywithhisownnewviewshedidnotknowandcouldnotguessfromthecleverandserenefaceofthelearnedman.

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