Levin entered the Hall, was given a white ball, and, following his brother, Sergius Ivanich, approached the table at which Sviyazhsky stood with an ironical and impressive look on his face, gathering his beard into his fist and smelling at it.
Levin entró otra vez en la sala, recibió una bolita blanca y, siguiendo a su hermano, se acercó a la mesa, cerca de la cual, con rostro significativo, irónico, pasándose continuamente la mano derecha por la barba y oliéndola luego, estaba Sviajsky.