'A propos de Varenka,' said Kitty in French, which they had been talking all the time so that Agatha Mikhaylovna should not understand them. 'Do you know, Mama, I am somehow expecting it to be settled to-day!
— A propos de Varen’ka — disse Kitty in francese, come del resto parlavano sempre perché Agaf’ja Michajlovna non capisse. — Voi sapete, maman, che oggi, chissà perché, mi aspetto una decisione.