Vronsky had long before promised Sviazhsky to go to them.

Before the elections Sviazhsky, who often visited Vozdvizhenskoe, drove over to fetch Vronsky.

On the day before there had been almost a quarrel between Vronsky and Anna over this proposed expedition.

It was the very dullest autumn weather, which is so dreary in the country, and so, preparing himself for a struggle, Vronsky, with a hard and cold expression, informed Anna of his departure as he had never spoken to her before.