Or perhaps not...I really am not sure," Vronsky answered heedlessly, with a vague recollection of something stiff and tedious evoked by the name Karenina.

"But Alexey Alexandrovitch, my celebrated brother-in-law, you surely must know.

All the world knows him.

" "I know him by reputation and by sight.

I know that he's clever, learned, religious somewhat....