Kitty was introducing this new way, which had been employed in her old home, but Agatha Mikhaylovna, to whom this work had formerly been entrusted, and who considered that nothing that used to be done in the Levin house could be wrong, had, despite her directions, put water to the strawberry and the wild strawberry jam, declaring it to be indispensable. She had been detected doing this, and now the raspberry jam was being made in every one's presence, as Agatha Mikhaylovna had to be convinced that without water the jam could turn out well.
Agaf’ja Michajlovna, alla quale in un primo momento era stato affidato questo lavoro, ritenendo che tutto quello che si faceva in casa Levin non potesse essere mal fatto, aveva, nonostante tutto, versato dell’acqua sulle fragole del giardino e su quelle selvatiche, convinta che era impossibile fare altrimenti; ma era stata sorpresa in questo, e ora si cuocevano i lamponi alla presenza di tutti. Agaf’ja Michajlovna avrebbe dovuto convincersi che, anche senza acqua, la marmellata sarebbe riuscita bene.