How many are you a member of, Nikolay Ivanitch?" she turned to Sviazhsky--"over twenty, I fancy.

" Anna spoke lightly, but irritation could be discerned in her tone.

Darya Alexandrovna, watching Anna and Vronsky attentively, detected it instantly.

She noticed, too, that as she spoke Vronsky's face had immediately taken a serious and obstinate expression.