She therefore became somewhat artificial, which made her feel uncomfortable. The Prince, on the contrary, considered everything foreign detestable and life abroad oppressive, and kept to his Russian habits, purposely trying to appear more unlike a European than he really was.
El Príncipe, por el contrario, encontraba malo todo lo extranjero, le aburría la vida europea, conservaba sus costumbres rusas y fuera de su patria procuraba mostrarse adrede menos europeo de lo que lo era en realidad.