"I am afraid you are not quite comfortable here," she said, turning away from his fixed stare, and looking about the room.

"We must ask about another room," she said to her husband, "so that we might be nearer.

" Levin could not look calmly at his brother; he could not himself be natural and calm in his presence.

When he went in to the sick man, his eyes and his attention were unconsciously dimmed, and he did not see and did not distinguish the details of his brother's position.

He smelt the awful odor, saw the dirt, disorder, and miserable condition, and heard the groans, and felt that nothing could be done to help.