"Oh, you're wrong! And you must give up thinking so directly!"

said Kitty. "I used to have a very poor opinion of him too, but

he, he's an awfully nice and wonderfully good-hearted man. He

has a heart of gold."

"How could you find out what sort of heart he has?"

"We are great friends. I know him very well. Last winter, soon

after...you came to see us," she said, with a guilty and at

the same time confiding smile, "all Dolly's children had scarlet

fever, and he happened to come and see her. And only fancy," she

said in a whisper, "he felt so sorry for her that he stayed and

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began to help her look after the children. Yes, and for three

weeks he stopped with them, and looked after the children like a

nurse."

"I am telling Konstantin Dmitrievitch about Turovtsin in the

scarlet fever," she said, bending over to her sister.

"Yes, it was wonderful, noble!" said Dolly, glancing towards

Turovtsin, who had become aware they were talking of him, and

smiling gently to him. Levin glanced once more at Turovtsin, and

wondered how it was he had not realized all this man's goodness

before.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, and I'll never think ill of people again!"

he said gaily, genuinely expressing what he felt at the moment.




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