Chapter 15

           

           TheyhadjustcomebackfromMoscow,andweregladtobealone.Hewassittingatthewriting-tableinhisstudy,writing.She,wearingthedarklilacdressshehadwornduringthefirstdaysoftheirmarriedlife,andputonagaintoday,adressparticularlyrememberedandlovedbyhim,wassittingonthesofa,thesameold-fashionedleathersofawhichhadalwaysstoodinthestudyinLevin’sfather’sandgrandfather’sdays.Shewassewingatbroderieanglaise.Hethoughtandwrote,neverlosingthehappyconsciousnessofherpresence.Hiswork,bothonthelandandonthebook,inwhichtheprinciplesofthenewlandsystemweretobelaiddown,hadnotbeenabandoned;butjustasformerlythesepursuitsandideashadseemedtohimpettyandtrivialincomparisonwiththedarknessthatoverspreadalllife,nowtheyseemedasunimportantandpettyincomparisonwiththelifethatlaybeforehimsuffusedwiththebrilliantlightofhappiness.Hewentonwithhiswork,buthefeltnowthatthecenterofgravityofhisattentionhadpassedtosomethingelse,andthatconsequentlyhelookedathisworkquitedifferentlyandmoreclearly.Formerlythisworkhadbeenforhimanescapefromlife.Formerlyhehadfeltthatwithoutthisworkhislifewouldbetoogloomy.Nowthesepursuitswerenecessaryforhimthatlifemightnotbetoouniformlybright.Takinguphismanuscript,readingthroughwhathehadwritten,hefoundwithpleasurethattheworkwasworthhisworkingat.

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