Only rarely he suffered from an unsatisfied desire to communicate his stray ideas to someone besides Agafea Mihalovna.
With her indeed he not infrequently fell into discussion upon physics, the theory of agriculture, and especially philosophy; philosophy was Agafea Mihalovna's favorite subject.
Spring was slow in unfolding.
For the last few weeks it had been steadily fine frosty weather.
In the daytime it thawed in the sun, but at night there were even seven degrees of frost.