Having learnt that the doctor was not up yet, Levin, out of the many plans that occurred to him, decided on the following: Kuzma should go with a note to another doctor, while he himself would go to the chemist for the opium; and if the doctor was not up when he returned he would bribe the footman – or if that was impossible, he would enter by force and wake the doctor at all costs.
Así, decidió ordenar a Kusmá que fuera, con una carta suya, a buscar a otro médico. Él iría a la farmacia para adquirir el opio y si, a su regreso, Pedro Dmitrievich no estaba aún levantado, trataría de conseguir del criado como fuera, de grado o por fuerza, que despertara a su señor y le diese su recado.