Levin had long felt dissatisfied with his relation to the work on his estate. He had seen that the boat was leaking but had not found or looked for the leak, and perhaps had purposely deceived himself, for had he been disillusioned in that work, he would have had nothing left.
"Én nem kérhetem őt, hogy legyen a feleségem, csak azért, mert nem lehetett annak a feleségévé, a kié lenni akart", - mondotta magában.