The talks he had been having with the peasants in the further village had shown that they were beginning to get used to their new position.

The old servant to whose hut he had gone to get dry evidently approved of Levin's plan, and of his own accord proposed to enter the partnership by the purchase of cattle.

"I have only to go stubbornly on towards my aim, and I shall attain my end," thought Levin; "and it's something to work and take trouble for.

This is not a matter of myself individually; the question of the public welfare comes into it.