"Katya, I've been worrying you! Darling, forgive me! It's madness! Katya, I'm a criminal.

And how could you be so distressed at such idiocy?" "Oh, I was sorry for you.

" "For me? for me? How mad I am!... But why make you miserable? It's awful to think that any outsider can shatter our happiness.

" "It's humiliating too, of course.

" "Oh, then I'll keep him here all the summer, and will overwhelm him with civility," said Levin, kissing her hands.