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The guard's words roused him, and forced him to think of his

mother and his approaching meeting with her. He did not in his

heart respect his mother, and without acknowledging it to

himself, he did not love her, though in accordance with the ideas

of the set in which he lived, and with his own education, he

could not have conceived of any behavior to his mother not in the

highest degree respectful and obedient, and the more externally

obedient and respectful his behavior, the less in his heart he

respected and loved her.

Chapter 18

Vronsky followed the guard to the carriage, and at the door of

the compartment he stopped short to make room for a lady who was

getting out.