" Levin smiled contemptuously.

" I know," he thought, "that fashion not only in him, but in all city people, who, after being twice in ten years in the country, pick up two or three phrases and use them in season and out of season, firmly persuaded that they know all about it.

'_Timber, run to so many yards the acre.

_' He says those words without understanding them himself.

" "I wouldn't attempt to teach you what you write about in your office," said he, "and if need arose, I should come to you to ask about it.