I see you don't understand all the difficulty of my position...there in Petersburg," she added.

" Here I'm perfectly at ease and happy.

Well, of that later on, though.

Then Sviazhsky--he's the marshal of the district, and he's a very good sort of a man, but he wants to get something out of Alexey.

You understand, with his property, now that we are settled in the country, Alexey can exercise great influence.