" "Well, that's a good one!" said Shtcherbatsky, laughing; "why, I'm only just getting ready to begin.

" "Yes, I thought the same not long ago, but now I know I shall soon be dead.

" Levin said what he had genuinely been thinking of late.

He saw nothing but death or the advance towards death in everything.

But his cherished scheme only engrossed him the more.