Whentheprofessorhadgone，SergeiIvanovichturnedtohisbrother。
`Delightedthatyou’vecome。Forhowlong？How’syourfarminggettingon？’
Levinknewthathiselderbrothertooklittleinterestinfarming，andonlyputthequestionindeferencetohim，andthereforehetoldhimonlyaboutthesaleofhiswheatandmoneymatters。
Levinhadmeanttotellhisbrotherofhisdeterminationtogetmarried，andtoaskhisadvice；hehadindeedfirmlyresolvedtodoso。Butafterseeinghisbrother，listeningtohisconversationwiththeprofessor，hearingafterwardtheunconsciouslypatronizingtoneinwhichhisbrotherquestionedhimaboutagriculturalmatterstheirmother’spropertyhadnotbeendivided，andLevintookchargeofboththeirshares，Levinfeltthathecouldnotforsomereasonbroachtohimhisintentionofmarrying。Hefeltthathisbrotherwouldnotlookonitashewouldhavewishedhim。
`Well，howisyourZemstvodoing？’askedSergeiIvanovich，whowasgreatlyinterestedinZemstvoestablishmentsandattachedgreatimportancetothem。