Dreadful as it seemed to Levin to put his arms round that terrible body, to grasp those parts under the blanket which he did not wish to remember, yet submitting to his wife, with that determined expression which she knew, he thrust his arms under the blanket, and despite his great strength was struck by the strange heaviness of those emaciated limbs.
Pese al horror que inspiraba a Levin enlazar aquel cuerpo terrible y asir bajo la manta aquellos miembros cuya delgadez le asustaba, animado por el ejemplo de su mujer y con una decisión en el rostro que ella no le conocía, introdujo las manos entre las ropas y cogió a su hermano. A despecho de su fuerza extraordinaria, le asombró el peso de aquellos miembros sin vida.