Анна Каренина

Chapter 26

           “Ihearaveryinterestingconversation,”headded,andwalkedtotheotherendofthetable,whereSviazhskywassittingwiththetwogentlemenoftheneighborhood.Sviazhskywassittingsideways,withoneelbowonthetable,andacupinonehand,whilewiththeotherhandhegathereduphisbeard,heldittohisnoseandletitdropagain,asthoughheweresmellingit.Hisbrilliantblackeyeswerelookingstraightattheexcitedcountrygentlemanwithgraywhiskers,andapparentlyhederivedamusementfromhisremarks.Thegentlemanwascomplainingofthepeasants.ItwasevidenttoLevinthatSviazhskyknewananswertothisgentleman’scomplaints,whichwouldatoncedemolishhiswholecontention,butthatinhispositionhecouldnotgiveutterancetothisanswer,andlistened,notwithoutpleasure,tothelandowner’scomicspeeches.

           Thegentlemanwiththegraywhiskerswasobviouslyaninveterateadherentofserfdomandadevotedagriculturist,whohadlivedallhislifeinthecountry.Levinsawproofsofthisinhisdress,intheold-fashionedthreadbarecoat,obviouslynothiseverydayattire,inhisshrewd,deep-seteyes,inhisidiomatic,fluentRussian,intheimperioustonethathadbecomehabitualfromlonguse,andintheresolutegesturesofhislarge,red,sunburnthands,withanoldbetrothalringonthelittlefinger.

           

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