She did not like Levin's strange and harsh criticisms, his awkward manner in Society which she attributed to pride, and what she considered his strange way of life in the country; occupied with cattle and peasants; in particular she did not like the fact that when he was in love with her daughter he came to the house for six weeks as if waiting and looking out for something, afraid of doing them too great an honour by making an offer of marriage, and that he did not understand that, if he visited at a house where there was a marriageable girl, he ought to declare his intentions.
La contrariaba, sobre todo, que, enamorado de su hija, hubiese estado un mes y medio frecuentando la casa, con el aspecto de un hombre que vacilara, observara y se preguntara si, declarándose, el honor que les haría no sería demasiado grande. ¿No comprendía, acaso, que, puesto que visitaba a una familia donde había una joven casadera, era preciso aclarar las cosas?