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"I want you not to meet that man here, and to conduct yourself so

that neither the world nor the servants can reproach you ... not

to see him. That's not much, I think. And in return you will

enjoy all the privileges of a faithful wife without fulfilling

her duties. That's all I have to say to you. Now it's time for me

to go. I'm not dining at home." He got up and moved towards the

door.

Anna got up too. Bowing in silence, he let her pass before him.

Chapter 24

The night spent by Levin on the haycock did not pass without

result for him. The way in which he had been managing his land

revolted him and had lost all attraction for him. In spite of the

magnificent harvest, never had there been, or, at least, never it

seemed to him, had there been so many hindrances and so many

quarrels between him and the peasants as that year, and the

origin of these failures and this hostility was now perfectly

comprehensible to him.