"I can't say I was quite pleased with him," said Alexey Alexandrovitch, raising his eyebrows and opening his eyes.

" And Sitnikov is not satisfied with him.

" (Sitnikov was the tutor to whom Seryozha's secular education had been intrusted.

) "As I have mentioned to you, there's a sort of coldness in him towards the most important questions which ought to touch the heart of every man and every child....

" Alexey Alexandrovitch began expounding his views on the sole question that interested him besides the service--the education of his son.