The wife is the hindrance.

" "Why so?" "Oh, you'll see! You care about farming, hunting,--well, you'd better look out!" "Arhip was here today; he said there were a lot of elks in Prudno, and two bears," said Tchirikov.

"Well, you must go and get them without me.

" "Ah, that's the truth," said Sergey Ivanovitch.

" And you may say good-bye to bear-hunting for the future--your wife won't allow it!" Levin smiled.