At these words Levin suddenly grew warm, for at the bottom of his heart he felt that it was true – true that he wished to balance between communism and the existing forms of life, and that this was hardly possible.
Levin se agitó súbitamente al oírle porque en el fondo de su ser adivinaba que el reproche era cierto, que acaso trataba de situarse entre el comunismo y el sistema establecido y que probablemente ello era imposible.