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"Well, I am glad I managed to get away to you! Now I shall

understand what the mysterious business is that you are always

absorbed in here. No, really, I envy you. What a house, how nice

it all is! So bright, so cheerful!" said Stepan Arkadyevitch,

forgetting that it was not always spring and fine weather like

that day. "And your nurse is simply charming! A pretty maid in an

apron might be even more agreeable, perhaps; but for your severe

monastic style it does very well."

Stepan Arkadyevitch told him many interesting pieces of news;

especially interesting to Levin was the news that his brother,

Sergey Ivanovitch, was intending to pay him a visit in the

summer.