Chapter 14

           

           Thedoctorwasnotyetup,andthefootmansaidthat“hehadbeenuplate,andhadgivenordersnottobewaked,butwouldgetupsoon.”Thefootmanwascleaningthelamp-chimneys,andseemedverybusyaboutthem.Thisconcentrationofthefootmanuponhislamps,andhisindifferencetowhatwaspassinginLevin,atfirstastoundedhim,butimmediatelyonconsideringthequestionherealizedthatnoonekneworwasboundtoknowhisfeelings,andthatitwasallthemorenecessarytoactcalmly,sensibly,andresolutelytogetthroughthiswallofindifferenceandattainhisaim.

           “Don’tbeinahurryorletanythingslip,”Levinsaidtohimself,feelingagreaterandgreaterflowofphysicalenergyandattentiontoallthatlaybeforehimtodo.

           Havingascertainedthatthedoctorwasnotgettingup,Levinconsideredvariousplans,anddecidedonthefollowingone:thatKouzmashouldgoforanotherdoctor,whilehehimselfshouldgotothechemist’sforopium,andifwhenhecamebackthedoctorhadnotyetbeguntogetup,hewouldeitherbytippingthefootman,orbyforce,wakethedoctoratallhazards.

           Atthechemist’sthelankshopmansealedupapacketofpowdersforacoachmanwhostoodwaiting,andrefusedhimopiumwiththesamecallousnesswithwhichthedoctor’sfootmanhadcleanedhislampchimneys.Tryingnottogetflurriedoroutoftemper,Levinmentionedthenamesofthedoctorandmidwife,andexplainingwhattheopiumwasneededfor,triedtopersuadehim.

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