"Well, what? what?"

"I saw how you looked while we were talking at supper."

"Well, well!" Levin said in dismay.

She told him what they had been talking about. And as she told

him, she was breathless with emotion. Levin was silent for a

space, then he scanned her pale and distressed face, and suddenly

he clutched at his head.

"Katya, I've been worrying you! Darling, forgive me! It's

madness! Katya, I'm a criminal. And how could you be so

distressed at such idiocy?"

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"Oh, I was sorry for you."

"For me? for me? How mad I am!... But why make you miserable?

It's awful to think that any outsider can shatter our happiness."

"It's humiliating too, of course."

"Oh, then I'll keep him here all the summer, and will overwhelm

him with civility," said Levin, kissing her hands. "You shall

see. Tomorrow.... Oh, yes, we are going tomorrow."




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