"Well, _au revoir_, then! You'll come back for some tea; that's delightful!" she said, and went out, gay and radiant.

But as soon as she no longer saw him, she was aware of the spot on her hand that his lips had touched, and she shuddered with repulsion.

When Alexey Alexandrovitch reached the race-course, Anna was already sitting in the pavilion beside Betsy, in that pavilion where all the highest society had gathered.

She caught sight of her husband in the distance.

Two men, her husband and her lover, were the two centers of her existence, and unaided by her external senses she was aware of their nearness.