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Vronsky and Kitty waltzed several times round the room After

the first waltz Kitty went to her mother, and she had hardly time

to say a feords to Countess Nordston when Vronsky ca the quadrille nothing of

any significance was said: there was disjointed talk between

them of the Korsunskys, husband and wife, whohtful children at forty, and of the future

town theater; and only once the conversation touched her to the

quick, when he asked her about Levin, whether he was here, and

added that he liked him so much But Kitty did not expect much

from the quadrille She looked forith a thrill at her

heart to the

the quadrille

ask her for the mazurka did not trouble her She felt sure she

would dance the mazurka with hi ed for the

mazurka The whole ball up to the last quadrille was for Kitty

an enchanted vision of delightful colors, sounds, and ed for a rest

But as she was dancing the last quadrille with one of the

tireso men whom she could not refuse, she chanced to be

vis-a-vis with Vronsky and Anna She had not been near Anna

again since the beginning of the evening, and now again she saw

her suddenly quite new and surprising She saw in her the signs

of that excitement of success she kneell in herself; she

saw that she was intoxicated with the delighted ad and knew its signs, and saw

theht in her eyes, and