Анна Каренина

Chapter 8

           Jealousyaccordingtohisnotionswasaninsulttoone’swife,andoneoughttohaveconfidenceinone’swife.Whyoneoughttohaveconfidencethatistosay,completeconvictionthathisyoungwifewouldalwayslovehimhedidnotaskhimself.Buthehadnoexperienceoflackofconfidence,becausehehadconfidenceinher,andtoldhimselfthatheoughttohaveit.Now,thoughhisconvictionthatjealousywasashamefulfeelingandthatoneoughttofeelconfidence,hadnotbrokendown,hefeltthathewasstandingfacetofacewithsomethingillogicalandirrational,anddidnotknowwhatwastobedone.AlexeyAlexandrovitchwasstandingfacetofacewithlife,withthepossibilityofhiswife’slovingsomeoneotherthanhimself,andthisseemedtohimveryirrationalandincomprehensiblebecauseitwaslifeitself.AllhislifeAlexeyAlexandrovitchhadlivedandworkedinofficialspheres,havingtodowiththereflectionoflife.Andeverytimehehadstumbledagainstlifeitselfhehadshrunkawayfromit.Nowheexperiencedafeelingakintothatofamanwho,whilecalmlycrossingaprecipicebyabridge,shouldsuddenlydiscoverthatthebridgeisbroken,andthatthereisachasmbelow.Thatchasmwaslifeitself,thebridgethatartificiallifeinwhichAlexeyAlexandrovitchhadlived.Forthefirsttimethequestionpresenteditselftohimofthepossibilityofhiswife’slovingsomeoneelse,andhewashorrifiedatit.

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