She did not like Levin's strange and harsh criticisms, his awkward manner in Society which she attributed to pride, and what she considered his strange way of life in the country; occupied with cattle and peasants; in particular she did not like the fact that when he was in love with her daughter he came to the house for six weeks as if waiting and looking out for something, afraid of doing them too great an honour by making an offer of marriage, and that he did not understand that, if he visited at a house where there was a marriageable girl, he ought to declare his intentions.
In Levin non le piacevano quegli strani e taglienti giudizi e quella sua mancanza di disinvoltura dovuta a orgoglio, come ella supponeva, e a quella sua vita di campagna, selvaggia a suo parere, fra bestie e contadini. Non le era piaciuto neanche troppo il fatto che, innamoratosi della figlia, avesse frequentato la casa per un mese e mezzo, quasi aspettando qualcosa e osservando, come se temesse di offenderla nel chiederla in isposa, e senza capire che, frequentando una casa dove c’era una ragazza da marito, fosse necessario dichiararsi.