Managing Jealousy
In the carriage she understands it all again. A party going into the country will not be helped by the dog they take. You cannot get away from yourselves. She loves and hates him in the same breath. Princess Sorokina and every late hour have already been tried and sentenced. The city she rides through is only more proof.
Key Insight
The last stage is a closed system. No new fact can enter except as confirmation. Tolstoy lets you hear the mind that will take her to the platform: not Vronsky's betrayal, but a story that can no longer be edited.
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