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The horses were allowed to stray into the wheat because not a

single laborer would consent to be night-watchman, and in spite

of orders to the contrary, the laborers insisted on taking turns

for night duty, and Ivan, after working all day long, fell

asleep, and was very penitent for his fault, saying, "Do what you

will to me, your honor."

They killed three of the best calves by letting them into the

clover aftermath without care as to their drinking, and nothing

would make the men believe that they had been blown out by the

clover, but they told him, by way of consolation, that one of his

neighbors had lost a hundred and twelve head of cattle in three

days. All this happened, not because anyone felt ill-will to

Levin or his farm; on the contrary, he knew that they liked him,

thought him a simple gentleman (their highest praise); but it

happened simply because all they wanted was to work merrily and

carelessly, and his interests were not only remote and

incomprehensible to them, but fatally opposed to their most just

claims. Long before, Levin had felt dissatisfaction with his own

position in regard to the land. He saw where his boat leaked, but

he did not look for the leak, perhaps purposely deceiving

himself. (Nothing would be left him if he lost faith in it.) But

now he could deceive himself no longer.