Then the colonel , who began to show signs of feebleness , sat down on a bench in the courtyard and began demonstrating to Yashvin the superiority of Russia over Prussia , especially in cavalry attack , and there was a lull in the revelry for a moment . Serpuhovskoy went into the house to the bathroom to wash his hands and found Vronsky there ; Vronsky was drenching his head with water . He had taken off his coat and put his sunburnt , hairy neck under the tap , and was rubbing it and his head with his hands . When he had finished , Vronsky sat down by Serpuhovskoy . They both sat down in the bathroom on a lounge , and a conversation began which was very interesting to both of them .
Тогда полковник, начавший проявлять признаки слабости, сел на скамейку во дворе и стал доказывать Яшвину превосходство России над Пруссией, особенно в кавалерийской атаке, и в разгуле на мгновение наступило затишье. Серпуховской пошел в дом в ванную мыть руки и нашел там Вронского; Вронский поливал голову водой. Он снял пальто, подставил под кран свою загорелую волосатую шею и тер ее и голову руками. Когда он кончил, Вронский сел подле Серпуховской. Они оба сели в ванной на шезлонг, и завязался разговор, который был очень интересен им обоим.