Masha promised to write to Konstantin in case of need, and to persuade Nikolay Levin to go and stay with his brother.

In the morning Konstantin Levin left Moscow, and towards evening he reached home.

On the journey in the train he talked to his neighbors about politics and the new railways, and, just as in Moscow, he was overcome by a sense of confusion of ideas, dissatisfaction with himself, shame of something or other.