They arrived at the Council, and Levin listened to the secretary haltingly reading an official report which he evidently did not understand himself, but from his face Levin saw what a nice, kind, and splendid fellow he was. That was plain from the confused and embarrassed manner in which he read the report.
Giunsero alla seduta. Levin ascoltava il segretario, che, balbettando, leggeva il verbale, evidentemente a lui stesso incomprensibile; ma Levin scorgeva dalla faccia di questo segretario che era un simpatico, buono e brav’uomo; lo vedeva da come si confondeva e si turbava quando leggeva il verbale.