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"I understand, I understand," he interrupted her, taking the

letter, but not reading it, and trying to soothe her. "The one

thing I longed for, the one thing I prayed for, was to cut short

this position, so as to devote my life to your happiness."

"Why do you tell me that?" she said. "Do you suppose I can doubt

it? If I doubted...."

"Who's that coming?" said Vronsky suddenly, pointing to two

ladies walking towards them. "Perhaps they know us!" and he

hurriedly turned off, drawing her after him into a side path.

"Oh, I don't care!" she said. Her lips were quivering. And he

fancied that her eyes looked with strange fury at him from under

the veil. "I tell you that's not the point-I can't doubt that;

but see what he writes to me. Read it." She stood still again.