The rye – after he had so long held out for a certain price – was sold fifty kopeks a chetvert cheaper than had been offered him a month ago. Even the calculation that it would be impossible to live for a year at that rate of expenditure without running into debt – even that calculation had lost its meaning.
El centeno, cuyo precio Levin había sostenido alto durante tanto tiempo, era vendido ahora a cincuenta cópecs el cuarto, más barato que lo daban hacía un mes, y ni el pensamiento de que con gastos como aquellos les sería imposible vivir todo el año sin contraer deudas le precupaba ya.