But in spite of his affection and respect for Sergey Ivanovitch, Konstantin Levin was uncomfortable with his brother in the country.

It made him uncomfortable, and it positively annoyed him to see his brother's attitude to the country.

To Konstantin Levin the country was the background of life, that is of pleasures, endeavors, labor.

To Sergey Ivanovitch the country meant on one hand rest from work, on the other a valuable antidote to the corrupt influences of town, which he took with satisfaction and a sense of its utility.