Anna Karenina Part 5 Chapter 20

In which Nikolay Levin tends to his grievously ill brother, witnessing moments of hope and despair amidst the agonies of suffering that bring the family face to face with the inexorable approach of death. Through these dark hours, Levin grapples with the mysteries of faith, love, and the silent enigma that death imposes upon all, while quiet intimations of new life at last emerge.