All this happened not because anyone wished to harm Levin or his farming; on the contrary he well knew that they liked him and considered him a homely gentleman – high praise from a peasant. It was done simply because the labourers wished to work merrily and without care, while his interests were not only foreign and incomprehensible to them but flatly opposed to their own just interests.
Az, hogy megkérte volt a kezét, az pedig elutasította őt, elháríthatatlan akadályt emelt kettőjük közé.