But it wearied Constantine to sit listening to him, particularly because he knew that during his absence the manure was being carted into the field, and it was impossible to guess where they would throw it if he were not there to see. The ploughshares too would not be screwed up properly, or taken out; and then he would be told that these ploughs were a silly invention: 'How can they be compared to our old Russian plough?' and so on.
Но Константину Левину скучно было сидеть и слушать его, особенно потому, что он знал, что без него возят навоз на неразлешенное поле и навалят бог знает как, если не посмотреть; и резцы в плугах не завинтят, а поснимают и потом скажут, что плуги выдумка пустая и то ли дело соха Андреевна, и т. п.