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.
Levin sokáig nem értette meg, mit akarnak tőle. Soká bajlódott vele, s már ott akarták hagyni, - mert mindig nem avval a kezével vagy a menyasszonyának nem azt a kezét fogta meg, a melyikkel s a melyiket kellett volna, - míg végre megértette, hogy a nélkül, hogy elfordulna, a jobb kezével kell a menyasszonyának a jobb kezét megfognia.