Kitty's absorption in these trifles, quite contrary to Levin's early ideal of lofty happiness, was one of his disappointments; yet that sweet absorption, the meaning of which he could not understand but which he could not help liking, was also one of his new enchantments.
La preocupación de Kitty por las cosas pequeñas del hogar, tan distinta al elevado ideal de felicidad que Levin se había formado al principio de su matrimonio, era uno de sus desengaños. Pero la gentileza con que ella se entregaba a tales ocupaciones –sin que Levin comprendiera porqué, aunque le encantaba– constituía a la vez uno de los atractivos de su nueva vida.