An den beiden ersten Tagen nach der Abreise seiner Frau empfing Alexei Alexandrowitsch wie gewöhnlich die Bittsteller und seinen Subdirektor, fuhr ins Komitee und ging zum Mittagessen in das Speisezimmer.
The first two days after his wife's departure Karenin received petitioners, and his private secretary, attended Committee Meetings, and went to the dining-room to dinner as usual.