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"Yes, go along, go along, and I'll come to you directly," said

Sergey Ivanovitch, shaking his head as he looked at his brother.

"Go along, make haste," he added smiling, and gathering up his

books, he prepared to go too. He, too, felt suddenly good-humored

and disinclined to leave his brother's side. "But what did you do

while it was raining?"

"Rain? Why, there was scarcely a drop. I'll come directly. So you

had a nice day too? That's first-rate." And Levin went off to

change his clothes.

Five minutes later the brothers met in the dining-room. Although

it seemed to Levin that he was not hungry, and he sat down to

dinner simply so as not to hurt Kouzma's feelings, yet when he

began to eat the dinner struck him as extraordinarily good.

Sergey Ivanovitch watched him with a smile.

"Oh, by the way, there's a letter for you," said he. "Kouzma,

bring it down, please. And mind you shut the doors."