" "Married already?" "Yes, it's two years last St.

Philip's day.

" "Any children?" "Children indeed! Why, for over a year he was innocent as a babe himself, and bashful too," answered the old man.

" Well, the hay! It's as fragrant as tea!" he repeated, wishing to change the subject.

Levin looked more attentively at Ivan Parmenov and his wife.