Her glance, the touch of her hand, set him aflame.

He kissed the palm of his hand where she had touched it, and went home, happy in the sense that he had got nearer to the attainment of his aims that evening than during the last two months.

Alexey Alexandrovitch had seen nothing striking or improper in the fact that his wife was sitting with Vronsky at a table apart, in eager conversation with him about something.

But he noticed that to the rest of the party this appeared something striking and improper, and for that reason it seemed to him too to be improper.