We have always been friendly, and now...' Oblonsky said, answering her look with a tender gaze, while he considered with which of two Ministers she was the more closely connected – so as to judge which of them he should ask her to influence on his behalf.
Noi siamo sempre stati amici, e adesso... — disse, rispondendo con uno sguardo mellifluo allo sguardo della contessa, Stepan Arkad’ic, mentre andava considerando quale dei due ministri ella conoscesse più intimamente, per sapere a quale dei due avrebbe dovuto pregarla di parlare.