With the ladies were sitting and standing smart lawyers, high school teachers in spectacles, and officers.

Everywhere they were talking of the election, and of how worried the marshal was, and how splendid the discussions had been.

In one group Levin heard his brother's praises.

One lady was telling a lawyer: "How glad I am I heard Koznishev! It's worth losing one's dinner.

He's exquisite! So clear and distinct all of it! There's not one of you in the law courts that speaks like that.