Had Levin not possessed the faculty of giving the best interpretation to people's characters, Sviyazhsky's character would have presented no difficulty or problem to him; he would only have called him a fool or a good-for-nothing, and everything would have been clear.
Si Levin no hubiera tenido la facultad de querer ver a los hombres por su lado mejor, el carácter de Sviajsky no habría ofrecido para él la menor dificultad ni enigma. Habría pensado: «Es un miserable o un tonto», y el asunto habría quedado claro.