TOLSTOY:AnnaKareninaPart7，Chapter15[PreviousChapter][TableofContents]Chapter15Hedidnotknowwhetheritwaslateorearly。Thecandleshadallburnedout。Dollyhadjustbeeninthestudyandhadsuggestedtothedoctorthatheshouldliedown。Levinsatlisteningtothedoctor’sstoriesofaquackmesmerizerandlookingattheashesofhiscigarette。Therehadbeenaperiodofrepose，andhehadsunkintooblivion。Hehadcompletelyforgottenwhatwasgoingonnow。Heheardthedoctor’schatandunderstoodit。Suddenlytherecameanunearthlyshriek。TheshriekwassoawfulthatLevindidnotevenjumpup，but，holdinghisbreath，gazedinterrifiedinquiryatthedoctor。Thedoctorputhisheadononeside，listened，andsmiledapprovingly。
EverythingwassoextraordinarythatnothingcouldstrikeLevinasstrange。
`Isupposeitmustbeso，’hethought，andstillsatwherehewas。Whosescreamwasthis？Hejumpedup，ranontiptoetothebedroom，edgedroundLizavetaPetrovnaandthePrincess，andtookuphispositionatKitty’spillow。Thescreamhadsubsided，buttherewassomechangenow。Whatitwashedidnotseeanddidnotcomprehend，andhehadnowishtoseeorcomprehend。ButhesawitbythefaceofLizavetaPetrovna。LizavetaPetrovna’sfacewassternandpale，andstillasresolute，thoughherjawsweretwitching，andhereyeswerefixedintentlyonKitty。Kitty’sswollenandagonizedface，atressofhairclingingtohermoistbrow，wasturnedtohimandsoughthiseyes。Herliftedhandsaskedforhishands。Clutchinghischillhandsinhermoistones，shebegansqueezingthemtoherface。
`Don’tgo，don’tgo！I’mnotafraid，I’mnotafraid！’shesaidrapidly。`Mamma，takemyearrings。Theybotherme。You’renotafraid？Soon，soon，LizavetaPetrovna……’
Shespokequickly，veryquickly，andtriedtosmile。Butsuddenlyherfacewasdrawn-shepushedhimaway。