Анна Каренина

Chapter 26

           Heimaginedhisfather’shavingsuddenlybeenpresentedwithboththeVladimirandtheAndreytoday,andinconsequencebeingmuchbettertemperedathislesson,anddreamedhow,whenhewasgrownup,hewouldhimselfreceivealltheorders,andwhattheymightinventhigherthantheAndrey.Directlyanyhigherorderwereinvented,hewouldwinit.Theywouldmakeahigheronestill,andhewouldimmediatelywinthattoo.

           Thetimepassedinsuchmeditations,andwhentheteachercame,thelessonabouttheadverbsofplaceandtimeandmannerofactionwasnotready,andtheteacherwasnotonlydispleased,buthurt.ThistouchedSeryozha.Hefelthewasnottoblamefornothavinglearnedthelesson;howevermuchhetried,hewasutterlyunabletodothat.Aslongastheteacherwasexplainingtohim,hebelievedhimandseemedtocomprehend,butassoonashewasleftalone,hewaspositivelyunabletorecollectandtounderstandthattheshortandfamiliarword“suddenly”isanadverbofmannerofaction.Stillhewassorrythathehaddisappointedtheteacher.

           Hechoseamomentwhentheteacherwaslookinginsilenceatthebook.

           “MihailIvanitch,whenisyourbirthday?”heaskedall,ofasudden.

           “You’dmuchbetterbethinkingaboutyourwork.Birthdaysareofnoimportancetoarationalbeing.It’sadaylikeanyotheronwhichonehastodoone’swork.”

           Seryozhalookedintentlyattheteacher,athisscantybeard,athisspectacles,whichhadslippeddownbelowtheridgeonhisnose,andfellintosodeepareveriethatheheardnothingofwhattheteacherwasexplainingtohim

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