Levin attributed this to his own worth, not knowing that Metrov, who had exhausted the matter with all his intimates, was particularly pleased to speak about it to any fresh person, and, in general, willingly spoke to everybody about the subject with which he was occupied and which was not yet clear to himself.
Levin lo atribuía a sus méritos, sin saber que Metrov, después de haber hablado de ello con todos sus íntimos, no dejaba de aprovechar cuantas ocasiones se le presentaban para tratarlo con cada hombre que encontraba dispuesto a escucharle, y que hallaba, por otra parte, un gran placer en hablar de una cuestión que le apasionaba y que él, el gran sabio, no veía aún clara.