Анна Каренина

Chapter 11

           Hefelthimselftoblamefornothavinggotdonewhathissisterhadaskedhimtodoforher.“Today,again,I’venotbeentothecourt,buttodayI’vecertainlynothadtime.”Andresolvingthathewouldnotfailtodoitnextday,hewentuptohiswife.Ashewentin,Levinrapidlyranthroughmentallythedayhehadspent.Alltheeventsofthedaywereconversations,conversationshehadheardandtakenpartin.Alltheconversationswereuponsubjectswhich,ifhehadbeenaloneathome,hewouldneverhavetakenup,butheretheywereveryinteresting.Andalltheseconversationswererightenough,onlyintwoplacestherewassomethingnotquiteright.Onewaswhathehadsaidaboutthecarp,theotherwassomethingnot“quitethething”inthetendersympathyhewasfeelingforAnna.

           Levinfoundhiswifelow-spiritedanddull.Thedinnerofthethreesistershadgoneoffverywell,butthentheyhadwaitedandwaitedforhim,allofthemhadfeltdull,thesistershaddeparted,andshehadbeenleftalone.

           “Well,andwhathaveyoubeendoing?”sheaskedhim,lookingstraightintohiseyes,whichshonewithratherasuspiciousbrightness.Butthatshemightnotpreventhistellinghereverything,sheconcealedherclosescrutinyofhim,andwithanapprovingsmilelistenedtohisaccountofhowhehadspenttheevening.

           “Well,I’mverygladImetVronsky.Ifeltquiteateaseandnaturalwithhim.

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