Even down to small details Koznyshev found in her all that he desired in a wife: she was poor and solitary, so that she would not bring into her husband's house a crowd of relations and their influence, as he saw Kitty doing. She would be indebted to her husband for everything, which was a thing he had always desired in his future family life.
Perfino nei particolari Sergej Ivanovic trovava in lei tutto quello che avrebbe desiderato in una moglie: era povera e sola, sicché non avrebbe portato con sé un nugolo di parenti e la loro influenza in casa del marito, come egli vedeva nel caso di Kitty; ma avrebbe dovuto tutto al marito, cosa ch’egli aveva sempre desiderato per la propria futura vita familiare.