After half an hour's stay Karenin went up to his wife and suggested that they should go home together; but, without looking at him, she answered that she would stay to supper. Karenin bowed to the company and went away.
El cochero de la Karenina, un tártaro grueso y entrado en años, vestido con un brillante abrigo de cuero, sujetaba con dificultad a uno de los caballos, de color gris, que iba enganchado al lado izquierdo y se encabritaba por el frío y la larga espera ante las puertas de Betsy.