TOLSTOY:AnnaKareninaPart5，Chapter27[PreviousChapter][TableofContents]Chapter27Afterthelessonwiththeteacherofgrammarcamehisfather’slesson。
Whilewaitingforhisfather，Seriozhasatatthetableplayingwithapenknife，andfelltomusing。AmongSeriozha’sfavoriteoccupationswassearchingforhismotherduringhiswalks。Hedidnotbelieveindeathgenerally，andinherdeathinparticular，inspiteofwhatLidiaIvanovnahadtoldhimandhisfatherhadconfirmed，anditwasjustbecauseofthat，andafterhehadbeentoldshewasdead，thathehadbegunlookingforherwhenoutforawalk。Everywomanoffull，gracefulfigurewithdarkhairwashismother。Atthesightofsuchawomansuchafeelingoftendernessstirredwithinhimthathisbreathfailedhim，andtearscameintohiseyes。Andhewasontiptoewithexpectationthatshewouldcomeuptohim，wouldliftherveil。Allherfacewouldbevisible，shewouldsmile，shewouldhughim，hewouldsniffherfragrance，feelthesoftnessofherarms，andcrywithhappiness，justashehadoneeveninglainonherlapwhileshetickledhim，andhelaughedandbitherwhite，ring-coveredfingers。
Later，whenheaccidentallylearnedfromhisoldnursethathismotherwasnotdead，andhisfatherandLidiaIvanovnahadexplainedtohimthatshewasdeadtohimbecauseshewaswickedwhichhecouldnotpossiblybelieve，becausehelovedher，hewentonseekingherandexpectingherinthesameway。Thatdayinthepublicgardenstherehadbeenaladyinalilacveil，whomhehadwatchedwithathrobbingheart，believingittobeherasshecametowardthemalongthepath。Theladyhadnotcomeuptothem，buthaddisappearedsomewhere。Thatday，moreintenselythanever，Seriozhafeltarushofloveforher，andnow，waitingforhisfather，heforgoteverything，andcutallroundtheedgeofthetablewithhispenknife，staringstraightbeforehimwithsparklingeyes，andthinkingofher。
`Hereisyourpapa，’VassiliiLukichdivertedhim。
Seriozhajumpedupandwentuptohisfather，and，kissinghishand，lookedathimintently，tryingtodiscoversignsofhisjoyatreceivingtheAlexandreNevsky。