Chapter 13

           

           Whentheyrosefromtable,LevinwouldhavelikedtofollowKittyintothedrawing-room;buthewasafraidshemightdislikethis,astooobviouslypayingherattention.Heremainedinthelittleringofmen,takingpartinthegeneralconversation,andwithoutlookingatKitty,hewasawareofhermovements,herlooks,andtheplacewhereshewasinthedrawing-room.

           Hedidatonce,andwithoutthesmallesteffort,keepthepromisehehadmadeheralwaystothinkwellofallmen,andtolikeeveryonealways.Theconversationfellonthevillagecommune,inwhichPestsovsawasortofspecialprinciple,calledbyhimthe“choral”principle.LevindidnotagreewithPestsov,norwithhisbrother,whohadaspecialattitudeofhisown,bothadmittingandnotadmittingthesignificanceoftheRussiancommune.Buthetalkedtothem,simplytryingtoreconcileandsoftentheirdifferences.Hewasnotintheleastinterestedinwhathesaidhimself,andevenlesssoinwhattheysaid;allhewantedwasthattheyandeveryoneshouldbehappyandcontented.Heknewnowtheonethingofimportance;andthatonethingwasatfirstthere,inthedrawing-room,andthenbeganmovingacrossandcametoastandstillatthedoor.Withoutturningroundhefelttheeyesfixedonhim,andthesmile,andhecouldnothelpturninground.ShewasstandinginthedoorwaywithShtcherbatsky,lookingathim.

           “Ithoughtyouweregoingtowardsthepiano,”saidhe,goinguptoher.“That’ssomethingImissinthecountrymusic.

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