He called Vronsky "your excellency," and notwithstanding Anna's and Vronsky's invitations, he would never stay to dinner, nor come except for the sittings.

Anna was even more friendly to him than to other people, and was very grateful for her portrait.

Vronsky was more than cordial with him, and was obviously interested to know the artist's opinion of his picture.

Golenishtchev never let slip an opportunity of instilling sound ideas about art into Mihailov.