"That's to say, you think there's a lack of something in me?" "Perhaps so," said Levin.

" But all the same I admire your grandeur, and am proud that I've a friend in such a great person.

You've not answered my question, though," he went on, with a desperate effort looking Oblonsky straight in the face.

"Oh, that's all very well.

You wait a bit, and you'll come to this yourself.