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refused tea and supper at Sviazhsky's, but he was incapable of

thinking of supper He had not slept the previous night, but was

incapable of thinking of sleep either His room was cold, but he

was oppressed by heat He opened both the movable panes in his

and sat down to the table opposite the open panes Over

the snow-covered roofs could be seen a decorated cross with

chains, and above it the rising triangle of Charles's Wain with

the yellowish light of Capella He gazed at the cross, then at

the stars, drank in the fresh freezing air that flowed evenly

into the rooes and

ination At four o'clock he heard

steps in the passage and peeped out at the door It was the

ga fro "Poor, unlucky fellow!" thought

Levin, and tears came into his eyes from love and pity for this

man He would have talked with hi that he had nothing but his shirt on, he changed

his ain at the open pane to bathe in the cold

air and gaze at the exquisite lines of the cross, silent, but

full oflurid yellow star At

seven o'clock there was a noise of people polishing the floors,

and bells ringing in soinning to get frozen He closed the pane, washed,

dressed, and went out into the street