AS HE HAD NOT KNOWN when he would be able to leave Moscow, Koznyshev had not sent a telegram to his brother asking to be met at the station, and Levin was not at home when, toward noon, Katavasov and Koznyshev, dark as Arabs with the dust in the little tarantas they had hired at the station, drew up at the porch of the Pokrovsk house.
Non sapendo quando sarebbe potuto partire da Mosca, Sergej Ivanovic non aveva telegrafato al fratello di mandarlo a rilevare. Levin non era in casa quando Katavasov e Sergej Ivanovic, su di un piccolo tarantas noleggiato alla stazione, neri di polvere, alle undici passate, si avvicinarono alla scalinata della casa di Pokrovskoe.