" "I wonder at the parents! They say it's a marriage for love.
" "For love? What antediluvian notions you have! Can one talk of love in these days?" said the ambassador's wife.
"What's to be done? It's a foolish old fashion that's kept up still," said Vronsky.
"So much the worse for those who keep up the fashion.
The only happy marriages I know are marriages of prudence.