The mare had not time to stir before Vronsky with a powerful and agile movement put his foot in the notched steel stirrup and seated himself lightly but firmly on the creaking leather of the saddle.
Antes de que el caballo se moviera, Vronsky, con un movimiento ágil y vigoroso, puso el pie en el cincelado estribo de acero y asentó, con fume ligereza, su cuerpo recio en la crujiente silla de cuero.