Anna Karenina Part 2 Chapter 27

In which Anna, poised and radiant despite the uneasy stirrings within her, entertains her husband Alexey Alexandrovitch and his companion with a grace mingled with a peculiar nervous brilliance. The delicate interactions between them, marked by subtle tensions and unspoken emotions, are observed through the eyes of her son Seryozha, whose timid glance reveals the silent undercurrents shaping their familial scene.