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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 few words to Countess Nordston when Vronsky came up again

for the first quadrille. During the quadrille nothing of any

significance was said: there was disjointed talk between them of

the Korsunskys, husband and wife, whom he described very

amusingly, as delightful 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 forward with a thrill at her heart

to the mazurka. She fancied that in the mazurka everything must

be decided. The fact that he did not during the quadrille ask her

for the mazurka did not trouble her.