He was afraid of sullying what his soul was brimful of.

"I? Yes, I am; but besides, all this bothers me," he said.

" You can't conceive how queer it all seems to a country person like me, as queer as that gentleman's nails I saw at your place..." "Yes, I saw how much interested you were in poor Grinevitch's nails," said Stepan Arkadyevitch, laughing.

"It's too much for me," responded Levin.