The old Prince sat silent, his shining eyes looking askance at Karenin, and Oblonsky saw that he had already prepared some remark wherewith to polish off that dignitary of State, whom people were invited to as to a dish of sturgeon.
El anciano Príncipe callaba, mirando de soslayo a Karenin con sus ojos brillantes. Esteban Arkadievich adivinó que ya había inventado alguna palabra con la que pasmar a aquel personaje para ver al cual se invitaba a la gente, como si se tratara de comer esturión.