Anna Karenina

town, Sergey Ivanovitch did not go to the refre

curtain was drawn over the window; but as he passed it the second t

, taking him as far

r window and peeping in. "What a noble act on his part!"

fortune, what was t

hing it was!" said

ot touch food except when I implored him. And not for one minute could we leave him alone. We took away everything he could have used against himself. We lived on the ground floor, but there was no reckoning on anything. You know,

id Sergey Ivanovitch; "but I can underst

id was, he was not to be told. But they'd told him already. His coachman was there and saw it all. When I ran into his room, he was beside himself-it was fearful to see him. He didn't say a word, but galloped off there. I don't know to this day what happened there, but he was brought back at death's door. I shouldn't have known him. Prostration complete, the doctor said. And

husband do?" asked

tried to prevent his meeting Alexey. For him, for her husband, it was easier, anyway. She had set him free. But my poor son was utterly given up to her. He had thrown up everything, his career, me, and even then she had no mercy on hi

ow is

n'est pas très bien vu a Pétersbourg. But it can't be helped! It was the one thing that could rouse him. Yashvin-a friend of his-he had lost all he had at cards and he was going to Servia. He came to see him and persuaded him to go. Now it's an in

e very glad to, and crossed over