To comfort Levin he was told that his neighbour had lost a hundred head of cattle in three days. All this happened not because anyone wished to harm Levin or his farming; on the contrary he well knew that they liked him and considered him a homely gentleman – high praise from a peasant.
То, что он сделал ей предложение и она отказала ему, клало между им и ею непреодолимую преграду.