" "How often I'm asked that question today!" he said to himself, and he blushed, a thing which rarely happened to him.
The Englishman looked gravely at him; and, as though he, too, knew where Vronsky was going, he added: "The great thing's to keep quiet before a race," said he; "don't get out of temper or upset about anything.
" "All right," answered Vronsky, smiling; and jumping into his carriage, he told the man to drive to Peterhof.
Before he had driven many paces away, the dark clouds that had been threatening rain all day broke, and there was a heavy downpour of rain.
"What a pity!" thought Vronsky, putting up the roof of the carriage.