Anna Karenina Part 4 Chapter 1

In which the uneasy domestic arrangements of the Karenin household are quietly laid bare, marked by a resigned hope for change that none can yet define. Meanwhile, Vronsky, burdened with the duty of escorting a foreign prince through Russian customs, finds himself wearied and inwardly discomfited by the prince’s disdainful view and unsettling resemblance to his own character.