This attention to his glasses and indifference to what was taking place at the Levins' astonished Levin at first, but he immediately recollected himself and realized that no one knew or was bound to know his feelings, and that it was therefore all the more necessary to act calmly, deliberately, and firmly in order to break through this wall of indifference and to attain his aim.
Questa attenzione del cameriere per i vetri e l’indifferenza per quello che avveniva in lui, Levin, lo sorpresero dapprima; ma subito, riflettendo, capì che nessuno sapeva né era obbligato a sapere i suoi sentimenti e che tanto più bisognava agire con calma, con riflessione e risolutezza, per sfondare quel muro di indifferenza e raggiungere il proprio scopo.