The landowner smiled when the profits of Sviyazhsky's farming were mentioned, evidently aware of the sort of profits that his neighbour the Marshal of the Nobility was able to make.
Il proprietario, a sentir l’allusione ai profitti dell’azienda di Svijazskij, sorrise, conoscendo, evidentemente, quale potesse essere il profitto del vicino maresciallo della nobiltà.