"For my part," pursued Vronsky, who was evidently for some reason or other keenly affected by this conversation, "such as I am, I am, on the contrary, extremely grateful for the honor they have done me, thanks to Nikolay Ivanitch" (he indicated Sviazhsky), "in electing me a justice of the peace.

I consider that for me the duty of being present at the session, of judging some peasants' quarrel about a horse, is as important as anything I can do.

And I shall regard it as an honor if they elect me for the district council.

It's only in that way I can pay for the advantages I enjoy as a landowner.

Unluckily they don't understand the weight that the big landowners ought to have in the state.