The result was some confusion, whispering, and smiles, but the expression of solemn emotion on the young couple's faces did not change; on the contrary, while they fumbled with their hands they looked even more solemn and serious than before, and the smile with which Oblonsky whispered to them to put on their rings involuntarily died on his lips.
Si produssero confusione, bisbigli e sorrisi, ma l’espressione solennemente commossa degli sposi non mutò; al contrario, confondendo le mani, essi apparvero ancor più seri e solenni, e il sorriso col quale Stepan Arkad’ic sussurrò che ognuno infilasse il proprio anello, si spense involontariamente sulle sue labbra.