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"Maybe so; but anyway it's a pleasure such as I have never known

in my life. And there's no harm in it, you know. Is there?"

answered Levin. "I can't help it if they don't like it. Though I

do believe it's all right. Eh?"

"Altogether," pursued Sergey Ivanovitch, "you're satisfied with

your day?"

"Quite satisfied. We cut the whole meadow. And such a splendid

old man I made friends with there! You can't fancy how delightful

he was!"

"Well, so you're content with your day. And so am I. First, I

solved two chess problems, and one a very pretty one-a pawn

opening. I'll show it you. And then-I thought over our

conversation yesterday."

"Eh! our conversation yesterday?" said Levin, blissfully dropping

his eyelids and drawing deep breaths after finishing his dinner,

and absolutely incapable of recalling what their conversation

yesterday was about.