“Pray walk in! Leave it here,” said he, smiling, as Levin would have come back to take his hat. That meant something.

“To whom shall I announce your honor?” asked the footman.

The footman, though a young man, and one of the new school of footmen, a dandy, was a very kindhearted, good fellow, and he too knew all about it.

“The princess⁠ ⁠… the prince⁠ ⁠… the young princess.⁠ ⁠…” said Levin.