Levin fired.
But it was an unlucky day for him; he missed it, and when he went to look for the one he had shot, he could not find that either.
He wandered all about the reeds, but Laska did not believe he had shot it, and when he sent her to find it, she pretended to hunt for it, but did not really.
And in the absence of Vassenka, on whom Levin threw the blame of his failure, things went no better.
There were plenty of snipe still, but Levin made one miss after another.