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The streets were still empty Levin went to the house of the

Shtcherbatskys The visitors' doors were closed and everything

was asleep He walked back, went into his rooor this tiht it to

him Levin would have entered into conversation with hi for the servant, and he went out Levin tried to drink

coffee and put some roll in his mouth, but his mouth was quite at

a loss what to do with the roll Levin, rejecting the roll, put

on his coat and went out again for a walk It was nine o'clock

when he reached the Shtcherbatskys' steps the second time In

the house they were only just up, and the cook cah at least two hoursLevin lived perfectly unconsciously,

and felt perfectly lifted out of the conditions offor a whole day, he had not slept for two

nights, had spent several hours undressed in the frozen air, and

felt not sier than ever, but felt utterly

independent of his body; he moved withoutHe was convinced he could fly

upwards or lift the corner of the house, if need be He spent

the re at

his watch and gazing about hiain after The children

especially going to school, the bluish doves flying down from

the roofs to the pavement, and the little loaves covered with

flour, thrust out by an unseen hand, touched him Those loaves,

those doves, and those two boys were not earthly creatures It

all happened at the sa at Levin; the dove, with a whir of her wings,

darted away, flashing in the sun, arains of snow that