The dinner, the wine, the service were all very good but they were all such as Dolly – though she had become unused to them – had seen before at dinner-parties and balls, and like those functions they bore a character of impersonality and strain; therefore on an everyday occasion and in a small gathering they produced an unpleasant impression on her.
Il pranzo, i vini, il servizio, tutto era stato molto bello, ma era tutto come Dar’ja Aleksandrovna aveva veduto in pranzi e balli di gala, che ormai non frequentava più e che avevano quello stesso carattere impersonale e poco disteso; e perciò, in un giorno qualunque e in una piccola compagnia, tutto questo le fece un’impressione spiacevole.