The German was already putting his hand to the pocket where he kept a notebook with a pencil in which he made all his calculations, but remembering that he was at dinner, and noticing Vronsky's cold look, he desisted. 'Zu complicirt, macht zu viel Klopot,' [Too complicated, too much trouble.] he concluded.
Karl Fedorovich quiso sacar de su bolsillo una libreta con un lápiz, en la cual hacía todos sus cálculos, pero, recordando que estaba en la mesa y observando la fría mirada de Vronsky, se abstuvo. –Zu kompliziert, macht zu viel Klopot –concluyó.