Chapter 16

           

           OnthewayhomeLevinaskedalldetailsofKitty’sillnessandtheShtcherbatskys’plans,andthoughhewouldhavebeenashamedtoadmitit,hewaspleasedatwhatheheard.Hewaspleasedthattherewasstillhope,andstillmorepleasedthatsheshouldbesufferingwhohadmadehimsuffersomuch.ButwhenStepanArkadyevitchbegantospeakofthecausesofKitty’sillness,andmentionedVronsky’sname,Levincuthimshort.

           “Ihavenorightwhatevertoknowfamilymatters,and,totellthetruth,nointerestinthemeither.”

           StepanArkadyevitchsmiledhardlyperceptibly,catchingtheinstantaneouschangeheknewsowellinLevin’sface,whichhadbecomeasgloomyasithadbeenbrightaminutebefore.

           “HaveyouquitesettledabouttheforestwithRyabinin?”askedLevin.

           “Yes,it’ssettled.Thepriceismagnificent;thirty-eightthousand.Eightstraightaway,andtherestinsixyears.I’vebeenbotheringaboutitforeversolong.Noonewouldgivemore.”

           “Thenyou’veasgoodasgivenawayyourforestfornothing,”saidLevingloomily.

           “Howdoyoumeanfornothing?”saidStepanArkadyevitchwithagood-humoredsmile,knowingthatnothingwouldberightinLevin’seyesnow.

           “Becausetheforestisworthatleastahundredandfiftyroublestheacre,”answeredLevin.

           “Oh,thesefarmers!”saidStepanArkadyevitchplayfully.“Yourtoneofcontemptforuspoortownsfolk!...Butwhenitcomestobusiness,wedoitbetterthananyone.

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