Darja Alexandrowna blickte schüchtern fragend in sein energisches Gesicht, das in der schattigen Lindenallee bald ganz, bald teilweise in das Licht der durch das Laub dringenden Sonnenstrahlen trat, bald wieder von den Schatten verdunkelt wurde, und wartete, was er weiter sagen werde; aber er ging schweigend neben ihr her und ließ seinen Spazierstock über den Kies hinschleifen.
Dolly looked with timid inquiry at his energetic face, which was now wholly and now partly in the sunlight that fell between the lime trees, and then was again darkened by their shadow. She waited for what more he would say; but he walked by her side in silence, prodding the gravel with his stick as he went.