Part 6

Chapter 1

           

           DaryaAlexandrovnaspentthesummerwithherchildrenatPokrovskoe,athersisterKittyLevin’s.Thehouseonherownestatewasquiteinruins,andLevinandhiswifehadpersuadedhertospendthesummerwiththem.StepanArkadyevitchgreatlyapprovedofthearrangement.Hesaidhewasverysorryhisofficialdutiespreventedhimfromspendingthesummerinthecountrywithhisfamily,whichwouldhavebeenthegreatesthappinessforhim;andremaininginMoscow,hecamedowntothecountryfromtimetotimeforadayortwo.BesidestheOblonskys,withalltheirchildrenandtheirgoverness,theoldprincesstoocametostaythatsummerwiththeLevins,assheconsidereditherdutytowatchoverherinexperienceddaughterinherinterestingcondition.Moreover,Varenka,Kitty’sfriendabroad,keptherpromisetocometoKittywhenshewasmarried,andstayedwithherfriend.AllofthesewerefriendsorrelationsofLevin’swife.Andthoughhelikedthemall,heratherregrettedhisownLevinworldandways,whichwassmotheredbythisinfluxofthe“Shtcherbatskyelement,”ashecalledittohimself.OfhisownrelationstherestayedwithhimonlySergeyIvanovitch,buthetoowasamanoftheKoznishevandnottheLevinstamp,sothattheLevinspiritwasutterlyobliterated.

           IntheLevins’house,solongdeserted,therewerenowsomanypeoplethatalmostalltheroomswereoccupied,andalmosteverydayithappenedthattheoldprincess,sittingdowntotable,countedthemallover,andputthethirteenthgrandsonorgranddaughterataseparatetable.

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