One thing could be seen indubitably, namely, that this dispute was irritating his brother at the moment, and that therefore it was wrong to continue it, so Levin ceased to argue and drew his visitors' attention to the clouds that were gathering and to the fact that they had better get home before the rain began.
Una sola cosa si poteva indubbiamente vedere: era che nel momento presente la discussione irritava Sergej Ivanovic e perciò discutere era male; e Levin tacque e rivolse l’attenzione degli ospiti sul fatto che le nuvolette s’erano addensate e che, per sfuggire alla pioggia, era meglio tornarsene a casa.