Chapter 14

           

           Levinhadbeenmarriedthreemonths.Hewashappy,butnotatallinthewayhehadexpectedtobe.Ateverystephefoundhisformerdreamsdisappointed,andnew,unexpectedsurprisesofhappiness.Hewashappy;butonenteringuponfamilylifehesawateverystepthatitwasutterlydifferentfromwhathehadimagined.Ateverystepheexperiencedwhatamanwouldexperiencewho,afteradmiringthesmooth,happycourseofalittleboatonalake,shouldgethimselfintothatlittleboat.Hesawthatitwasnotallsittingstill,floatingsmoothly;thatonehadtothinktoo,notforaninstanttoforgetwhereonewasfloating;andthattherewaswaterunderone,andthatonemustrow;andthathisunaccustomedhandswouldbesore;andthatitwasonlytolookatitthatwaseasy;butthatdoingit,thoughverydelightful,wasverydifficult.

           Asabachelor,whenhehadwatchedotherpeople’smarriedlife,seenthepettycares,thesquabbles,thejealousy,hehadonlysmiledcontemptuouslyinhisheart.Inhisfuturemarriedlifetherecouldbe,hewasconvinced,nothingofthatsort;eventheexternalforms,indeed,hefancied,mustbeutterlyunlikethelifeofothersineverything.Andallofasudden,insteadofhislifewithhiswifebeingmadeonanindividualpattern,itwas,onthecontrary,entirelymadeupofthepettiestdetails,whichhehadsodespisedbefore,butwhichnow,bynowillofhisown,hadgainedanextraordinaryimportancethatitwasuselesstocontendagainst.AndLevinsawthattheorganizationofallthesedetailswasbynomeanssoeasyashehadfanciedbefore.

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