What an appetite I get in the country! Wonderful! Why didn't you offer Ryabinin something?" "Oh, damn him!" "Still, how you do treat him!" said Oblonsky.

" You didn't even shake hands with him.

Why not shake hands with him?" "Because I don't shake hands with a waiter, and a waiter's a hundred times better than he is.

" "What a reactionist you are, really! What about the amalgamation of classes?" said Oblonsky.

"Anyone who likes amalgamating is welcome to it, but it sickens me.