"Well, I'm very, very glad to see you," said Levin, with a genuine smile of childlike delight.

Levin led his friend to the room set apart for visitors, where Stepan Arkadyevitch's things were carried also--a bag, a gun in a case, a satchel for cigars.

Leaving him there to wash and change his clothes, Levin went off to the counting house to speak about the ploughing and clover.