Анна Каренина

Chapter 27

           Hewasreadingabook,andthinkingofwhathewasreading,andstoppingtolistentoAgafeaMihalovna,whogossipedawaywithoutflagging,andyetwithallthat,allsortsofpicturesoffamilylifeandworkinthefuturerosedisconnectedlybeforehisimagination.Hefeltthatinthedepthofhissoulsomethinghadbeenputinitsplace,settleddown,andlaidtorest.

           HeheardAgafeaMihalovnatalkingofhowProhorhadforgottenhisdutytoGod,andwiththemoneyLevinhadgivenhimtobuyahorse,hadbeendrinkingwithoutstopping,andhadbeatenhiswifetillhe’dhalfkilledher.Helistened,andreadhisbook,andrecalledthewholetrainofideassuggestedbyhisreading.ItwasTyndall’sTreatiseonHeat.HerecalledhisowncriticismsofTyndallofhiscomplacentsatisfactionintheclevernessofhisexperiments,andforhislackofphilosophicinsight.Andsuddenlytherefloatedintohismindthejoyfulthought:“Intwoyears’timeIshallhavetwoDutchcows;Pavaherselfwillperhapsstillbealive,adozenyoungdaughtersofBerkootandthethreeothershowlovely!”

           Hetookuphisbookagain.“Verygood,electricityandheatarethesamething;butisitpossibletosubstitutetheonequantityfortheotherintheequationforthesolutionofanyproblem?No.Well,thenwhatofit?Theconnectionbetweenalltheforcesofnatureisfeltinstinctively....It’sparticularyniceifPava’sdaughtershouldbeared-spottedcow,andalltheherdwilltakeafterher,andtheotherthree,too!Splendid!Togooutwithmywifeandvisitorstomeettheherd....

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