1 The Countess Nordston pounced upon Levin at once.
2 "Very well, next Saturday," answered Countess Nordston.
3 Vronsky looked at Levin and Countess Nordston, and smiled.
4 "Konstantin Dmitrievitch despises and hates town and us townspeople," said Countess Nordston.
5 "But I hope, count, you would not consent to live in the country always," said Countess Nordston.
6 Countess Nordston found Korsunsky, with whom she was to dance the mazurka, and told him to ask Kitty.
7 Noticing that Countess Nordston wanted to say something, he stopped short without finishing what he had begun, and listened attentively to her.
8 The conversation fell upon table-turning and spirits, and Countess Nordston, who believed in spiritualism, began to describe the marvels she had seen.
9 After the first waltz Kitty went to her mother, and she had hardly time to say a few words to Countess Nordston when Vronsky came up again for the first quadrille.
10 Vronsky looked wonderingly at the prince with his resolute eyes, and, with a faint smile, began immediately talking to Countess Nordston of the great ball that was to come off next week.
11 The Countess Nordston and Levin got into that relation with one another not seldom seen in society, when two persons, who remain externally on friendly terms, despise each other to such a degree that they cannot even take each other seriously, and cannot even be offended by each other.