Chapter 2

           

           EarlyinJuneithappenedthatAgafeaMihalovna,theoldnurseandhousekeeper,incarryingtothecellarajarofmushroomsshehadjustpickled,slipped,fell,andsprainedherwrist.Thedistrictdoctor,atalkativeyoungmedicalstudent,whohadjustfinishedhisstudies,cametoseeher.Heexaminedthewrist,saiditwasnotbroken,wasdelightedatachanceoftalkingtothecelebratedSergeyIvanovitchKoznishev,andtoshowhisadvancedviewsofthingstoldhimallthescandalofthedistrict,complainingofthepoorstateintowhichthedistrictcouncilhadfallen.SergeyIvanovitchlistenedattentively,askedhimquestions,and,rousedbyanewlistener,hetalkedfluently,utteredafewkeenandweightyobservations,respectfullyappreciatedbytheyoungdoctor,andwassooninthateagerframeofmindhisbrotherknewsowell,whichalways,withhim,followedabrilliantandeagerconversation.Afterthedepartureofthedoctor,hewantedtogowithafishingrodtotheriver.SergeyIvanovitchwasfondofangling,andwas,itseemed,proudofbeingabletocareforsuchastupidoccupation.

           KonstantinLevin,whosepresencewasneededintheploughlandandmeadows,hadcometotakehisbrotherinthetrap.

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