And, strange to say, though they were talking about Ivan Ivanich, who made himself so ridiculous with his French, and how Miss Eletskaya could have made a better match, yet these words were important for them and they felt this as well as Kitty. A mist came over the ball and the whole world in Kitty's soul.
Y era el caso que, a pesar de que en realidad hablaban de lo ridículo que resultaba Iván Ivanovich hablando francés o la posibilidad de que la Elezkaya pudiera hallar un partido mejor, Ana y Vronsky tenían, como Kitty, la impresión de que aquellas palabras estaban para ellos llenas de sentido.