THE PERSONAL MATTER THAT OCCUPIED LEVIN while he was talking with his brother was this. The year before, when visiting a field that was being mown, he had lost his temper with his steward, and to calm himself had used a remedy of his own – he took a scythe from one of the peasants and himself began mowing.
La faccenda personale che era venuta in mente a Levin durante la conversazione col fratello, era questa: l’anno precedente, recatosi un giorno ad assistere alla fienagione, e irritatosi con l’amministratore, aveva adoperato, per riconquistare la propria calma, il solito suo sistema: aveva tolto dalle mani di un contadino la falce e s’era messo a falciare.