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She felt sure she would dance the mazurka with him as she had

done at former balls, and refused five young men, saying she was

engaged for the mazurka. The whole ball up to the last quadrille

was for Kitty an enchanted vision of delightful colors, sounds,

and motions. She only sat down when she felt too tired and begged

for a rest. But as she was dancing the last quadrille with one of

the tiresome young men whom she could not refuse, she chanced to

be vis-a-vis with Vronsky and Anna. She had not been near Anna

again since the beginning of the evening, and now again she saw

her suddenly quite new and surprising. She saw in her the signs

of that excitement of success she knew so well in herself; she

saw that she was intoxicated with the delighted admiration she

was exciting.