Vronsky was even more anxious to have a look at Gladiator, whom he had never seen, than at his own mare; but he knew that horse-racing etiquette not only forbade his seeing it, but made it improper for him even to ask about it.
Más que su caballo, interesaba a Vronsky examinar a «Gladiador», al que nunca había visto hasta entonces. Pero la etiqueta vigente entre los aficionados a caballos prohibía no sólo ver los del antagonista, sino ni siquiera preguntar por ellos.