Levin was grateful to Oblonsky because, with his usual tact, noticing that Levin was afraid of talking about the Shcherbatskys, he avoided mentioning them; but now Levin wanted to find out about the matter that tormented him, and yet feared to speak of it.
Levin agradecía a Oblonsky que no le hubiese hablado de los Scherbazky, comprendiendo que no deseaba que lo hiciese. Pero al presente Levin sentía ya impaciencia por saber lo que tanto le atormentaba, aunque no se atrevía a hablar de ello.