Anna Karenina Part 5 Chapter 2

In which Konstantin Levin shares a lively farewell meal with his bachelor comrades on the day of his wedding, their banter revealing the follies and anxieties woven into the customs of matrimony. In the quiet moments that follow, he wrestles with a sudden, tormenting doubt of his fiancée’s affection, only to be reassured by her tender declarations of love, leading to the final preparations for the forthcoming ceremony.