But it wearied Constantine to sit listening to him, particularly because he knew that during his absence the manure was being carted into the field, and it was impossible to guess where they would throw it if he were not there to see. The ploughshares too would not be screwed up properly, or taken out; and then he would be told that these ploughs were a silly invention: 'How can they be compared to our old Russian plough?' and so on.
De Levin Konsztantinnak unalmas volt ott ülni s őt hallgatni, főképpen azért, mert tudta, hogy nélküle nem a kijelölt földekre hordják a trágyát, s a jó Isten tudja, hogy' terítik széjjel, ha nem néz utána; a csoroszlyákat se csavarják rá az ekékre, hanem inkább leveszik, s azt mondják, hogy az újmódi eke ostoba találmány, s mennyivel jobb a régi stb.