He rose to go to his writing-table, and Laska, who was lying at his feet, stretched herself, also got up, and looked round at him as if asking where she was to go to. But he had no time to write his thoughts down, for the labourers' foremen had come, and Levin went into the hall to speak to them.
Si alzò per andare allo scrittoio, e Laska, che era sdraiata ai suoi piedi, stirandosi, si alzò essa pure e lo guardò come a chiedergli dove andasse; ma non c’era tempo per scrivere, perché erano venuti i capoccia a prendere gli ordini, e Levin andò da loro in anticamera.