Having stealthily received a three-rouble note into his hand under its velvet cuff, the deacon said he would put down Levin's name, and went briskly into the chancel, his new boots clattering over the paved floor of the empty church.
Незаметно получив рукою в плисовом обшлаге трехрублевую бумажку, дьякон сказал, что он запишет, и, бойко звуча новыми сапогами по плитам пустой церкви, прошел в алтарь.