Leo Tolstoy

“ Nekhludoff gazed at Selenin with wonder. Selenin did not lower his eyes, in which there was an expression not only of sadness, but of ill-will.
“But we will discuss it later,” said Selenin. “I am coming,” he turned to the usher who approached him deferentially. “We must meet again,” he added, sighing; “but you can never be found. You will always find me at home at seven. ”

“ Nekhludoff said angrily, vexed at Selenin’s leading away from the conversation.
“Why should you be disgusted? At all events it is a manifestation of religious feeling, although one-sided and sectarian,” said Selenin. ”

“ Selenin, who was always busy, and did not mingle in society, had evidently not heard of Nekhludoff’s romance. Nekhludoff, however, decided not to speak to him of his relations to Maslova.
“But it is evident even now that the verdict was preposterous,” he said.
“The Senate has no right to say so. If the Senate attempted to interfere with the verdicts of the courts upon its own view of the justness of the verdicts themselves, there would be greater risks of justice being miscarried than established,” he said, recalling the preceding case. ”