Vronsky was even more anxious to have a look at Gladiator, whom he had never seen, than at his own mare; but he knew that horse-racing etiquette not only forbade his seeing it, but made it improper for him even to ask about it.
Più che il cavallo suo Vronskij avrebbe voluto vedere Gladiator che non aveva mai visto; ma sapeva che, secondo il codice dell’ippica, non era corretto volerlo vedere, e neppure chiederne.