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"We're meaning to make an expedition to the mountains tomorrow,"

answered Kitty.

"Well, you can go," answered the princess, gazing at her

daughter's embarrassed face and trying to guess the cause of her

embarrassment.

That day Varenka came to dinner and told them that Anna Pavlovna

had changed her mind and given up the expedition for the morrow.

And the princess noticed again that Kitty reddened.

"Kitty, haven't you had some misunderstanding with the Petrovs?"

said the princess, when they were left alone. "Why has she given

up sending the children and coming to see us?"