Part 5

Chapter 1

           

           PrincessShtcherbatskayaconsideredthatitwasoutofthequestionfortheweddingtotakeplacebeforeLent,justfiveweeksoff,sincenothalfthetrousseaucouldpossiblybereadybythattime.ButshecouldnotbutagreewithLevinthattofixitforafterLentwouldbeputtingitofftoolate,asanoldauntofPrinceShtcherbatsky’swasseriouslyillandmightdie,andthenthemourningwoulddelaytheweddingstilllonger.Andtherefore,decidingtodividethetrousseauintotwopartsalargerandsmallertrousseautheprincessconsentedtohavetheweddingbeforeLent.Shedeterminedthatshewouldgetthesmallerpartofthetrousseauallreadynow,andthelargerpartshouldbemadelater,andshewasmuchvexedwithLevinbecausehewasincapableofgivingheraseriousanswertothequestionwhetherheagreedtothisarrangementornot.Thearrangementwasthemoresuitableas,immediatelyafterthewedding,theyoungpeopleweretogotothecountry,wherethemoreimportantpartofthetrousseauwouldnotbewanted.

           Levinstillcontinuedinthesamedeliriousconditioninwhichitseemedtohimthatheandhishappinessconstitutedthechiefandsoleaimofallexistence,andthatheneednotnowthinkorcareaboutanything,thateverythingwasbeingdoneandwouldbedoneforhimbyothers.Hehadnotevenplansandaimsforthefuture,heleftitsarrangementtoothers,knowingthateverythingwouldbedelightful.HisbrotherSergeyIvanovitch,StepanArkadyevitch,andtheprincessguidedhimindoingwhathehadtodo.Allhedidwastoagreeentirelywitheverythingsuggestedtohim.

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