THE PERSONAL MATTER THAT OCCUPIED LEVIN while he was talking with his brother was this. The year before, when visiting a field that was being mown, he had lost his temper with his steward, and to calm himself had used a remedy of his own – he took a scythe from one of the peasants and himself began mowing.
Личное дело, занимавшее Левина во время разговора его с братом, было следующее: в прошлом году, приехав однажды на покос и рассердившись на приказчика, Левин употребил свое средство успокоения -- взял у мужика косу и стал косить.