Anna Karenina - LimpidSoft

PART SIX CHAPTER 10
He had only five birds in his game-bag when he walked out of the marsh towards
the alders where he was to rejoin Stepan Arkadyevitch.
Before he caught sight of Stepan Arkadyevitch he saw his dog. Krak darted out
from behind the twisted root of an alder, black all over with the stinking mire of the
marsh, and with the air of a conqueror sniffed at Laska. Behind Krak there came into
view in the shade of the alder tree the shapely figure of Stepan Arkadyevitch. He
came to meet him, red and perspiring, with unbuttoned neckband, still limping in
the same way.
“Well? You have been popping away!” he said, smiling good-humoredly.
“How have you got on?” queried Levin. But there was no need to ask, for he had
already seen the full game bag.
“Oh, pretty fair.”
He had fourteen birds.
“A splendid marsh! I’ve no doubt Veslovsky got in your way. It’s awkward too,
shooting with one dog,” said Stepan Arkadyevitch, to soften his triumph.
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