Chapter 28

           

           Levinwasstandingratherfaroff.Anoblemanbreathingheavilyandhoarselyathisside,andanotherwhosethickbootswerecreaking,preventedhimfromhearingdistinctly.Hecouldonlyhearthesoftvoiceofthemarshalfaintly,thentheshrillvoiceofthemalignantgentleman,andthenthevoiceofSviazhsky.Theyweredisputing,asfarashecouldmakeout,astotheinterpretationtobeputontheactandtheexactmeaningofthewords:“liabletobecalledupfortrial.”

           ThecrowdpartedtomakewayforSergeyIvanovitchapproachingthetable.SergeyIvanovitch,waitingtillthemalignantgentlemanhadfinishedspeaking,saidthathethoughtthebestsolutionwouldbetorefertotheactitself,andaskedthesecretarytofindtheact.Theactsaidthatincaseofdifferenceofopinion,theremustbeaballot.

           SergeyIvanovitchreadtheactandbegantoexplainitsmeaning,butatthatpointatall,stout,round-shoulderedlandowner,withdyedwhiskers,inatightuniformthatcutthebackofhisneck,interruptedhim.Hewentuptothetable,andstrikingitwithhisfingerring,heshoutedloudly:“Aballot!Putittothevote!Noneedformoretalking!”Thenseveralvoicesbegantotalkallatonce,andthetallnoblemanwiththering,gettingmoreandmoreexasperated,shoutedmoreandmoreloudly.Butitwasimpossibletomakeoutwhathesaid.

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