He had one arm on the window of a carriage that was stopping at the corner, and out of the window were thrust the heads of a lady in a velvet hat, and two children.

Stepan Arkadyevitch was smiling and beckoning to his brother-in-law.

The lady smiled a kindly smile too, and she too waved her hand to Alexey Alexandrovitch.

It was Dolly with her children.

Alexey Alexandrovitch did not want to see anyone in Moscow, and least of all his wife's brother.