'I really began to write a book on agriculture, but being occupied with the chief instrument in agriculture, the labourer,' said Levin with a blush, 'I involuntarily arrived at quite unexpected results.' And Levin began carefully, as if feeling his way, to expound his views. He knew that Metrov had written an article running counter to the generally accepted teachings of political economy,
-- Я, собственно, начал писать сельскохозяйственную книгу, но невольно, занявшись главным орудием сельского хозяйства, рабочим, -- сказал Левин, краснея, -- пришел к результатам совершенно неожиданным.