Chapter 20

           

           Vronsky’slifewasparticularlyhappyinthathehadacodeofprinciples,whichdefinedwithunfailingcertitudewhatheoughtandwhatheoughtnottodo.Thiscodeofprinciplescoveredonlyaverysmallcircleofcontingencies,butthentheprincipleswereneverdoubtful,andVronsky,asheneverwentoutsidethatcircle,hadneverhadamoment’shesitationaboutdoingwhatheoughttodo.Theseprincipleslaiddownasinvariablerules:thatonemustpayacardsharper,butneednotpayatailor;thatonemustnevertellalietoaman,butonemaytoawoman;thatonemustnevercheatanyone,butonemayahusband;thatonemustneverpardonaninsult,butonemaygiveoneandsoon.Theseprincipleswerepossiblynotreasonableandnotgood,buttheywereofunfailingcertainty,andsolongasheadheredtothem,Vronskyfeltthathisheartwasatpeaceandhecouldholdhisheadup.OnlyquitelatelyinregardtohisrelationswithAnna,Vronskyhadbeguntofeelthathiscodeofprinciplesdidnotfullycoverallpossiblecontingencies,andtoforeseeinthefuturedifficultiesandperplexitiesforwhichhecouldfindnoguidingclue.

           HispresentrelationtoAnnaandtoherhusbandwastohismindclearandsimple.Itwasclearlyandpreciselydefinedinthecodeofprinciplesbywhichhewasguided.

           Shewasanhonorablewomanwhohadbestowedherloveuponhim,andhelovedher,andthereforeshewasinhiseyesawomanwhohadarighttothesame,orevenmore,respectthanalawfulwife.

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