Levin flushed, and to cover his confusion would have asked whether she had seen Darya Alexandrovna lately; but at that moment Anna spoke.

" We were just talking, Ivan Petrovitch and I, of Vashtchenkov's last pictures.

Have you seen them?" "Yes, I have seen them," answered Levin.

"But, I beg your pardon, I interrupted you...you were saying?..." Levin asked if she had seen Dolly lately.

"She was here yesterday.