Levin arrived at his sister's village at noon and left his horse with a friendly old peasant, the husband of his brother's nurse. Wishing to hear particulars of the hay harvest from this old man, Levin went to speak to him in his apiary.
Llegó al pueblo a la hora de comer. Dejó el caballo en casa de un anciano, esposo de la nodriza de su hermano, y paso al colmenar para informarse de las pormenores de la siega.