The Sviyazhskys were friendly with Levin, and therefore he allowed himself to sound Sviyazhsky and try to get to the very foundation of his philosophy of life, but it was all in vain.
Eran amigos y, por tanto, Levin tenía ocasiones de sondar a Sviajsky, de llegar hasta la base misma de su concepto de la vida. Pero siempre sus esfuerzos resultaban vanos.