In the Levin house, so long empty, there were now so many people that nearly every room was occupied and the old Princess was obliged almost daily to count those present before sitting down to a meal. If there chanced to be thirteen, she would make a grandchild sit at the side-table.
En aquella casa, durante tanto tiempo desierta, había tanta gente ahora, que casi todas las habitaciones estaban ocupadas, y a diario la anciana princesa, al sentarse a la mesa, tenía que contar a todos y poner a comer en una mesita aparte a alguno de sus decimosegundo o decimotercero nietos.