"Have you read the last circular in the _Journal de St.

Petersbourg?_ I think it's excellent," he said, with a slight French accent.

Levin told him what he had heard from Katavasov was being said in Petersburg, and after talking a little about politics, he told him of his interview with Metrov, and the learned society's meeting.

To Lvov it was very interesting.

"That's what I envy you, that you are able to mix in these interesting scientific circles," he said.