Part 3

Chapter 1

           

           SergeyIvanovitchKoznishevwantedarestfrommentalwork,andinsteadofgoingabroadasheusuallydid,hecametowardstheendofMaytostayinthecountrywithhisbrother.Inhisjudgmentthebestsortoflifewasacountrylife.Hehadcomenowtoenjoysuchalifeathisbrother’s.KonstantinLevinwasverygladtohavehim,especiallyashedidnotexpecthisbrotherNikolaythatsummer.ButinspiteofhisaffectionandrespectforSergeyIvanovitch,KonstantinLevinwasuncomfortablewithhisbrotherinthecountry.Itmadehimuncomfortable,anditpositivelyannoyedhimtoseehisbrother’sattitudetothecountry.ToKonstantinLevinthecountrywasthebackgroundoflife,thatisofpleasures,endeavors,labor.ToSergeyIvanovitchthecountrymeantononehandrestfromwork,ontheotheravaluableantidotetothecorruptinfluencesoftown,whichhetookwithsatisfactionandasenseofitsutility.ToKonstantinLevinthecountrywasgoodfirstbecauseitaffordedafieldforlabor,oftheusefulnessofwhichtherecouldbenodoubt.ToSergeyIvanovitchthecountrywasparticularlygood,becausethereitwaspossibleandfittingtodonothing.Moreover,SergeyIvanovitch’sattitudetothepeasantsratherpiquedKonstantin.SergeyIvanovitchusedtosaythatheknewandlikedthepeasantry,andheoftentalkedtothepeasants,whichheknewhowtodowithoutaffectationorcondescension,andfromeverysuchconversationhewoulddeducegeneralconclusionsinfavorofthepeasantryandinconfirmationofhisknowingthem.KonstantinLevindidnotlikesuchanattitudetothepeasants.

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