He only handed Karenin the money he wanted and gave him a short account of the state of his affairs, which was not quite satisfactory, for it happened that, owing to their having been from home a good deal, more had been spent that year than usual and there was a deficit.
Aveva consegnato solo il denaro necessario ad Aleksej Aleksandrovic ed aveva fatto un breve resoconto dello stato non troppo buono delle cose, giacché, in quell’anno, per i frequenti viaggi, si era speso di più, e c’era stato un certo dissesto.