e Surovsky district there was no railway norservice of post horses, and Levin drove there with his ownhorses in his big, old-fashioned carriage.He beyonce knowles nude stopped halfway at a well-to-do peasants to feed hishorses. A bald, well-preserved old man, with a broad, redbeard, gray on his cheeks, opened the gate, squeezingagainst the gatepost to let the three horses pass. Directingthe coachman to a place under the shed in the big, clean,tidy yard, with charred, old-fashioned ploughs in it, theold man asked Levin to come into the parlor. A cleanlydressed young woman, with clogs on her bare feet, wasscrubbing the floor in the new outer room. She wasfrightened of the dog, that ran in after Levin, and uttered ashriek, but began laughing at her own fright at once whenshe was told the dog would not hurt her. Pointing Levinwith her bare arm to the door into the parlor, she bentdown again, hiding her handsome face, and went onscrubbing. beyonce knowles nude you like the samovar? she asked.Yes, please.708 of 1759
Anna KareninaThe parlor was a big room, with a Dutch stove, and ascreen dividing it into two. Under the holy pictures stooda table painted in patterns, a bench, and two chairs. Nearthe entrance was a dresser full of crockery. The shutterswere closed, there were few flies, and it was so clean thatLevin was anxious that Laska, who had been runningalong the road and bathing in puddles, should not muddythe floor, and ordered her to a place in the corner by thedoor. After looking round the parlor, Levin went out inthe back yard. The good-looking young woman in clogs,swinging the empty pails on the yoke, ran on before himto the well for water.Look sharp, my girl! the old man shouted after her,good-humoredly, and he went up to Levin. Well, sir, areyou going to Nikolay Ivanovitch Sviazhsky? His honorcomes to us too, he began, chatting, leaning his elbowson the railing of the steps. In the middle of the old mansaccount of his acquaintance with Sviazhsky, the gatescreaked again, and laborers came into the yard from thefields, with wooden ploughs and harrows. The horsesharnessed to the ploughs and harrows were sleek and fat.The laborers were obviously of the household: two wereyoung men in cotton shirts and caps, the two others werehired laborers in homespun shirts, one an old man, the709 of 1759
Anna Kareninaother a young fellow. Moving off from the steps, the oldman went u beyonce knowles nude p to the horses and began unharnessing them.What have they been ploughing? asked Levin.Ploughing up the potatoes. We rent a bit of land too.Fedot, dont let out the gelding, but take it to the trough,and well put the other in harness.Oh, father, the ploughshares I ordered, has he broughtthem along? asked the big, healthy-looking fellow,obviously the old mans son.There...in the outer room, answered the old man,bundling together the harness he had taken off, andflinging it on the ground. You can put them on, whilethey have dinner.The good-looking young woman came into the outerroom with the full pails dragging at her shoulders. Morewomen came on the scene from somewhere, young andhandsome, middle-aged, old and ugly, with children andwithout children.The samovar was beginning to sing; the laborers andthe family, having disposed of the horses, came in todinner. Levin, getting his provisions out of his carriage,invited the old man to take tea with him.710 of 1759
Anna KareninaWell, I have had some today already, said the oldman, obviously accepting the invitation with pleasure.But just a glass for company.Over their tea Levin heard all about the old mansfarming. Ten year beyonce knowles nude s before, the old man had rented threehundred acres from the lady who owned them, and a yearago he had bought them and rented another threehundred from a neighboring landowner. A small part ofthe land—the worst part—he let out for rent, while ahundred acres of arable land he cultivated himself with hisfamily and two hired laborers. The old man complainedthat things were doing badly. But Levin saw that he simplydid so from a feeling of propriety, and that his farm was ina flourishing condition. If it had been unsuccessful hewould not have bought land at thirty-five roubles the acre,he would not have married his three sons and a nephew,he would not have rebuilt twice after fires, and each timeon a larger scale. In spite of the old mans complaints, itwas evident that he was beyonce knowles nude proud, and justly proud, of hisprosperity, proud
