He was thinking of Anna's promise to see him that day after the races.

But he had not seen her for three days, and as her husband had just returned from abroad, he did not know whether she would be able to meet him today or not, and he did not know how to find out.

He had had his last interview with her at his cousin Betsy's summer villa.

He visited the Karenins' summer villa as rarely as possible.

Now he wanted to go there, and he pondered the question how to do it.