It was past one o'clock.

Levin went back to his hotel, and was dismayed at the thought that all alone now with his impatience he had ten hours still left to get through.

The servant, whose turn it was to be up all night, lighted his candles, and would have gone away, but Levin stopped him.

This servant, Yegor, whom Levin had noticed before, struck him as a very intelligent, excellent, and, above all, good-hearted man.

"Well, Yegor, it's hard work not sleeping, isn't it?" "One's got to put up with it! It's part of our work, you see.