" "There isn't a more spiteful creature than that Madame Kartasova!" "But what did she do?" "My husband told me....

She has insulted Madame Karenina.

Her husband began talking to her across the box, and Madame Kartasova made a scene.

She said something aloud, he says, something insulting, and went away.

" "Count, your maman is asking for you," said the young Princess Sorokina, peeping out of the door of the box.