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Levin was ale as Oblonsky; their intine Levin had been the friend and

companion of his early youth They were fond of one another in

spite of the difference of their characters and tastes, as

friends are fond of one another who have been together in early

youth But in spite of this, each of them--as is often the way

with h in

discussion he would even justify the other's career, in his heart

despised it It seemed to each of them that the life he led

himself was the only real life, and the life led by his friend

was asht of Levin How often he had seen hi so,

but what precisely Stepan Arkadyevitch could never quite make

out, and indeed he took no interest in the matter Levin arrived

in Moscoays excited and in a hurry, rather ill at ease and

irritated by his oant of ease, and for the s Stepan Arkadyevitch

laughed at this, and liked it In the same way Levin in his

heart despised the town mode of life of his friend, and his