What would Kitty say? But Stepan Arkadyevitch gave him no time for reflection, and, as though divining his doubts, he scattered them.

"How glad I am," he said, "that you should know her! You know Dolly has long wished for it.

And Lvov's been to see her, and often goes.

Though she is my sister," Stepan Arkadyevitch pursued, "I don't hesitate to say that she's a remarkable woman.

But you will see.