"Very well, next Saturday," answered Countess Nordston.

" But you, Konstantin Dmitrievitch, do you believe in it?" she asked Levin.

"Why do you ask me? You know what I shall say.

" "But I want to hear your opinion.

" "My opinion," answered Levin, "is only that this table-turning simply proves that educated society--so called--is no higher than the peasants.