Anna Karenina Part 7 Chapter 22

In which Stepan Arkadyevitch finds himself bewildered and uneasy amid the curious and unfamiliar company of Petersburg, his head heavy with contradictory thoughts and the oppressive atmosphere of a strange séance. Returning to his usual haunts offers little comfort, and the shadow of a decisive refusal concerning Anna’s divorce casts a quiet but palpable gloom over his reflections.