Anna Karenina - Part 6 - Page 17/121

"I'll show you," she said, taking her husband's hand, lifting it

to her mouth, and just faintly brushing it with closed lips.

"Like a kiss on a priest's hand."

"Which didn't it bite with?" he said, laughing.

"Both. But it should have been like this..."

"There are some peasants coming..."

"Oh, they didn't see."