Chapter 31

           

           Runninghalfwaydownthestaircase,Levincaughtasoundheknew,afamiliarcoughinthehall.Buthehearditindistinctlythroughthesoundofhisownfootsteps,andhopedhewasmistaken.Thenhecaughtsightofalong,bony,familiarfigure,andnowitseemedtherewasnopossibilityofmistake;andyethestillwentonhopingthatthistallmantakingoffhisfurcloakandcoughingwasnothisbrotherNikolay.

           Levinlovedhisbrother,butbeingwithhimwasalwaysatorture.Justnow,whenLevin,undertheinfluenceofthethoughtsthathadcometohim,andAgafeaMihalovna’shint,wasinatroubledanduncertainhumor,themeetingwithhisbrotherthathehadtofaceseemedparticularlydifficult.Insteadofalively,healthyvisitor,someoutsiderwhowould,hehoped,cheerhimupinhisuncertainhumor,hehadtoseehisbrother,whoknewhimthroughandthrough,whowouldcallforthallthethoughtsnearesthisheart,wouldforcehimtoshowhimselffully.Andthathewasnotdisposedtodo.

           Angrywithhimselfforsobaseafeeling,Levinranintothehall;assoonashehadseenhisbrotherclose,thisfeelingofselfishdisappointmentvanishedinstantlyandwasreplacedbypity.TerribleashisbrotherNikolayhadbeenbeforeinhisemaciationandsickliness,nowhelookedstillmoreemaciated,stillmorewasted.Hewasaskeletoncoveredwithskin.

           Hestoodinthehall,jerkinghislongthinneck,andpullingthescarfoffit,andsmiledastrangeandpitifulsmile.Whenhesawthatsmile,submissiveandhumble,Levinfeltsomethingclutchingathisthroat.

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