" Oh, and when you've cleared up, go away yourself," he added, looking inquiringly at his brother.

Levin made no answer.

Going out into the corridor, he stopped short.

He had said he would fetch his wife, but now, taking stock of the emotion he was feeling, he decided that he would try on the contrary to persuade her not to go in to the sick man.

"Why should she suffer as I am suffering?" he thought.