for in reality , he was a man who fostered within himself a real lively spirit , a joie de vivre , which would quickly become evident to raghuvir in the warmth that effused from his countenance as he approached him and in the ebullient way in which he proffered his hand to greet him , all of it pointing to the fact that here was a man that was not at all wearied by his travels on the road of life .