When Anna returned with her album he had already gone, and Oblonsky was saying that Vronsky had called to inquire about a dinner they were giving next day to a celebrity who was visiting Moscow, but that he could not be induced to come in.
Quando Anna rientrò con l’album, Vronskij già non c’era più e Stepan Arkad’ic diceva che egli era venuto per informarsi del pranzo dell’indomani in onore di una celebrità straniera. — E per nessuna ragione è voluto entrare.