" I met Vronsky at the railway station.

" "Oh, was he there?" asked Kitty, blushing.

" What was it Stiva told you?" "Stiva gossiped about it all.

And I should be so glad...I traveled yesterday with Vronsky's mother," she went on; "and his mother talked without a pause of him, he's her favorite.

I know mothers are partial, but..." "What did his mother tell you?" "Oh, a great deal! And I know that he's her favorite; still one can see how chivalrous he is....