Though the children did not know Levin well and did not remember when they had last seen him, they did not feel toward him any of that strange shyness and antagonism so often felt by children toward grown-up people who 'pretend,' which causes them to suffer so painfully.
Los niños no conocían apenas a Levin y no le recordaban cuando le velan, pero no experimentaban ante él el sentimiento de timidez y aversión que suelen experimentar los niños ante los adultos que fingen y que frecuentemente les hace sufrir mucho.