For a long time Levin could not be made to understand what he had to do, and they were a long while trying to set him right. Just as they were going to give it up because he would either use the wrong hand or else take her by the wrong one, he at last comprehended that he with his right hand, without changing his position, must take her by her right hand.
Per un pezzo Levin non capì che cosa si volesse da lui. Per un pezzo lo corressero e stavano già per desistere — infatti o non la prendeva con la mano giusta o le prendeva quella che non doveva — quando finalmente capì che la doveva prendere con la sua destra, senza cambiar posto, proprio per la destra.