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At the end of the evening Kitty told her mother of her

conversation with Levin, and in spite of all the pity she felt

for Levin, she was glad at the thought that she had received an

_offer_ She had no doubt that she had acted rightly But after

she had gone to bed, for a long while she could not sleep One

impression pursued her relentlessly It was Levin's face, with

his scowling brows, and his kind eyes looking out in dark

dejection below the to her father, and

glancing at her and at Vronsky And she felt so sorry for hiht of

the iven him up She vividly recalled his

ood nature conspicuous in everything towards everyone She

remembered the love for her of the ladness in her soul, and she lay on the pillow, s

with happiness "I'm sorry, I'm sorry; but what could I do?

It's not my fault," she said to herself; but an inner voice told

her so won

Levin's love, or at having refused him, she did not know But

her happiness was poisoned by doubts "Lord, have pity on us;

Lord, have pity on us; Lord, have pity on us!" she repeated to

herself, till she fell asleep

Meanwhile there took place below, in the prince's little library,

one of the scenes so often repeated between the parents on

account of their favorite daughter