Levin was vexed with Oblonsky for carelessly leaving it to the boy's mother to look after his lessons which she did not understand, instead of doing it himself, and he was vexed with the masters also for teaching the children so badly; but he promised his sister-in-law to give the lessons in the way she wished.
Levin era urtato e contro Stepan Arkad’ic, perché per la sua incuria non lui, ma la madre si occupava di sorvegliare gli studi di cui non capiva nulla, e contro i professori che insegnavano così male ai ragazzi; ma aveva promesso alla cognata di far lezione così come voleva lei.