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"Sure to be someone with papers for me," put in Stepan

Arkadyevitch. When Anna was passing the top of the staircase, a

servant was running up to announce the visitor, while the visitor

himself was standing under a lamp. Anna glancing down at once

recognized Vronsky, and a strange feeling of pleasure and at the

same time of dread of something stirred in her heart. He was

standing still, not taking off his coat, pulling something out of

his pocket. At the instant when she was just facing the stairs,

he raised his eyes, caught sight of her, and into the expression

of his face there passed a shade of embarrassment and dismay.

With a slight inclination of her head she passed, hearing behind

her Stepan Arkadyevitch's loud voice calling him to come up, and

the quiet, soft, and composed voice of Vronsky refusing.