The role he had chosen, that of a rich landowner – one of those who should constitute the kernel of the Russian aristocracy – was not only quite to his taste but, now that he had lived so for half a year, gave him ever-increasing pleasure.
El papel que había escogido, de rico propietario de tiemas, clase social que debía componer el núcleo esencial de la aristocracia rusa, no solamente lo había encontrado de su gusto, sino que al cabo de medio año de estar viviéndolo, le procuraba cada vez mayor placer.