All that time they were conscious of peculiar strain, as if the chain that bound them were being pulled first one way and then the other. Altogether, the honeymoon – the first month of their marriage, from which Levin had expected so much – was not delightful, but remained in both their recollections as the most oppressive and humiliating time of their lives.
En conjunto, la luna de miel, esto es, el mes siguiente a la boda, del que Levin esperaba tanto, no sólo no fue de miel, sino que quedó en el recuerdo de ambos como la época más penosa y humillante de toda su vida.