Taking leave of his hostess, Vasenka again wanted to kiss her hand; but Kitty, blushing, drew away her hand, and said with naive rudeness, for which she was afterwards reprimanded by her mother:
Nel salutare la padrona di casa, Vasen’ka voleva di nuovo baciarle la mano, ma Kitty, arrossendo, con un’ingenua scortesia di cui la principessa la rimproverò, disse, sottraendo la mano: