Анна Каренина

Chapter 22

           

           “Youwillfindsupport;seekitnotinme,thoughIbeseechyoutobelieveinmyfriendship,”shesaid,withasigh.“Oursupportislove,thatlovethatHehasvouchsafedus.Hisburdenislight,”shesaid,withthelookofecstasyAlexeyAlexandrovitchknewsowell.“Hewillbeyoursupportandyoursuccor.”

           Althoughtherewasinthesewordsaflavorofthatsentimentalemotionatherownloftyfeelings,andthatnewmysticalfervorwhichhadlatelygainedgroundinPetersburg,andwhichseemedtoAlexeyAlexandrovitchdisproportionate,stillitwaspleasanttohimtohearthisnow.

           “Iamweak.Iamcrushed.Iforesawnothing,andnowIunderstandnothing.”

           “Dearfriend,”repeatedLidiaIvanovna.

           “It’snotthelossofwhatIhavenotnow,it’snotthat!”pursuedAlexeyAlexandrovitch.“Idonotgrieveforthat.ButIcannothelpfeelinghumiliatedbeforeotherpeopleforthepositionIamplacedin.Itiswrong,butIcan’thelpit,Ican’thelpit.”

           “Notyouitwasperformedthatnobleactofforgiveness,atwhichIwasmovedtoecstasy,andeveryoneelsetoo,butHe,workingwithinyourheart,”saidCountessLidiaIvanovna,raisinghereyesrapturously,“andsoyoucannotbeashamedofyouract.”

           AlexeyAlexandrovitchknittedhisbrows,andcrookinghishands,hecrackedhisfingers.

           “Onemustknowallthefacts,”hesaidinhisthinvoice.“Aman’sstrengthhasitslimits,countess,andIhavereachedmylimits.

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