Anna Karenina - Part 5

"No, they're a well-matched pair."

"I say, Marya Vassilievna, you were making out those fly-away

crinolines were not being worn. Just look at her in the puce

dress--an ambassador's wife they say she is--how her skirt

bounces out from side to side!"

"What a pretty dear the bride is--like a lamb decked with

flowers! Well, say what you will, we women feel for our sister."

Such were the comments in the crowd of gazing women who had

succeeded in slipping in at the church doors.