Chapter 23

           

           Inordertocarrythroughanyundertakinginfamilylife,theremustnecessarilybeeithercompletedivisionbetweenthehusbandandwife,orlovingagreement.Whentherelationsofacouplearevacillatingandneitheronethingnortheother,nosortofenterprisecanbeundertaken.

           Manyfamiliesremainforyearsinthesameplace,thoughbothhusbandandwifearesickofit,simplybecausethereisneithercompletedivisionnoragreementbetweenthem.

           BothVronskyandAnnafeltlifeinMoscowinsupportableintheheatanddust,whenthespringsunshinewasfollowedbytheglareofsummer,andallthetreesintheboulevardshadlongsincebeeninfullleaf,andtheleaveswerecoveredwithdust.ButtheydidnotgobacktoVozdvizhenskoe,astheyhadarrangedtodolongbefore;theywentonstayinginMoscow,thoughtheybothloathedit,becauseoflatetherehadbeennoagreementbetweenthem.

           Theirritabilitythatkeptthemaparthadnoexternalcause,andalleffortstocometoanunderstandingintensifiedit,insteadofremovingit.Itwasaninnerirritation,groundedinhermindontheconvictionthathislovehadgrownless;inhis,onregretthathehadputhimselfforhersakeinadifficultposition,whichshe,insteadoflightening,madestillmoredifficult.Neitherofthemgavefullutterancetotheirsenseofgrievance,buttheyconsideredeachotherinthewrong,andtriedoneverypretexttoprovethistooneanother.

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