This painful discomfort was due to the fact that her sister sat opposite to him in a dress that seemed to him to have been put on especially for his benefit, with a particularly low, square-cut décolletage showing her white bosom. Though her bosom was so white, or perhaps because it was so white, this square-cut deprived Levin of his freedom of thought.
Si sentiva tormentosamente a disagio, perché davanti a lui sedeva la cognata con un vestito che gli pareva indossato apposta per lui, con una scollatura speciale a trapezio sul petto bianco; questo scollo quadrangolare, malgrado il petto fosse molto bianco, o proprio perché questo era molto bianco, toglieva a Levin la libertà di pensiero.