They were mowing slowly over the uneven, low-lying parts of the meadow, where there had been an old dam.

Levin recognized some of his own men.

Here was old Yermil in a very long white smock, bending forward to swing a scythe; there was a young fellow, Vaska, who had been a coachman of Levin's, taking every row with a wide sweep.

Here, too, was Tit, Levin's preceptor in the art of mowing, a thin little peasant.

He was in front of all, and cut his wide row without bending, as though playing with the scythe.