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"Well, Darya Alexandrovna, you must excuse me," he said, getting

up. "Good-bye, Darya Alexandrovna, till we meet again."

"No, wait a minute," she said, clutching him by the sleeve. "Wait

a minute, sit down."

"Please, please, don't let us talk of this," he said, sitting

down, and at the same time feeling rise up and stir within his

heart a hope he had believed to be buried.

"If I did not like you," she said, and tears came into her eyes;

"if I did not know you, as I do know you...."

The feeling that had seemed dead revived more and more, rose up

and took possession of Levin's heart.

"Yes, I understand it all now," said Darya Alexandrovna. "You

can't understand it; for you men, who are free and make your own

choice, it's always clear whom you love. But a girl's in a

position of suspense, with all a woman's or maiden's modesty, a

girl who sees you men from afar, who takes everything on trust,-a

girl may have, and often has, such a feeling that she cannot tell

what to say."