She liked everything very much, but most of all she liked Vronsky himself with his natural, simple-hearted eagerness.

" Yes, he's a very nice, good man," she thought several times, not hearing what he said, but looking at him and penetrating into his expression, while she mentally put herself in Anna's place.

She liked him so much just now with his eager interest that she saw how Anna could be in love with him.

"No, I think the princess is tired, and horses don't interest her," Vronsky said to Anna, who wanted to go on to the stables, where Sviazhsky wished to see the new stallion.

" You go on, while I escort the princess home, and we'll have a little talk," he said, "if you would like that?" he added, turning to her.