Before that, if Levin had been told that Kitty was dead, and that he had died with her, that they had angel children, and that God was there present with them – he would not have been astonished. But now, having returned to the world of actuality, he had to make great efforts to understand that she was alive and well, and that the creature that was yelling so desperately was his son.
Azelőtt, ha azt mondta volna valaki Levinnek, hogy Kiti meghalt vele együtt, s hogy a gyermekeik angyalok és hogy az Isten itt van körülöttük, semmin se csodálkozott volna; de most, a valóságba visszazökkenvén, meg kellett erőltetnie az elméjét, hogy megértse, hogy Kiti él és egészséges, s hogy ez a kétségbeesetten ordító kis lény az ő fia.