Анна Каренина

Chapter 14

           Butthatdidnotpreventsuchquarrelsfromhappeningagain,andexceedinglyoftentoo,onthemostunexpectedandtrivialgrounds.Thesequarrelsfrequentlyarosefromthefactthattheydidnotyetknowwhatwasofimportancetoeachotherandthatallthisearlyperiodtheywerebothofteninabadtemper.Whenonewasinagoodtemper,andtheotherinabadtemper,thepeacewasnotbroken;butwhenbothhappenedtobeinanill-humor,quarrelssprangupfromsuchincomprehensiblytriflingcauses,thattheycouldneverrememberafterwardswhattheyhadquarreledabout.Itistruethatwhentheywerebothinagoodtempertheirenjoymentoflifewasredoubled.Butstillthisfirstperiodoftheirmarriedlifewasadifficulttimeforthem.

           Duringallthisearlytimetheyhadapeculiarlyvividsenseoftension,asitwere,atugginginoppositedirectionsofthechainbywhichtheywerebound.Altogethertheirhoneymoonthatistosay,themonthaftertheirweddingfromwhichfromtraditionLevinexpectedsomuch,wasnotmerelynotatimeofsweetness,butremainedinthememoriesofbothasthebitterestandmosthumiliatingperiodintheirlives.Theybothaliketriedinlaterlifetoblotoutfromtheirmemoriesallthemonstrous,shamefulincidentsofthatmorbidperiod,whenbothwererarelyinanormalframeofmind,bothwererarelyquitethemselves.

           Itwasonlyinthethirdmonthoftheirmarriedlife,aftertheirreturnfromMoscow,wheretheyhadbeenstayingforamonth,thattheirlifebegantogomoresmoothly.

           

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