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Levin was standing rather far off A noble heavily

and hoarsely at his side, and another whose thick boots were

creaking, prevented hi distinctly He could only

hear the soft voice of the entle, as far as he could make out, as to the

interpretation to be put on the act and the exactof the

words: "liable to be called up for trial"

The crowd parted to ey Ivanovitch, waiting till the , said that he thought the best

solution would be to refer to the act itself, and asked the

secretary to find the act The act said that in case of

difference of opinion, there an to explain its ,

but at that point a tall, stout, round-shouldered landowner, with

dyed whiskers, in a tight uniform that cut the back of his neck,

interrupted hier ring, he shouted loudly: "A ballot! Put it to the

vote! No need for an to

talk all at once, and the tall noble

more and more exasperated, shouted more and more loudly But it

was i for the very course Sergey Ivanovitch had

proposed; but it was evident that he hated hi of hatred spread through the whole party and