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She felt that this evening, when they would both meet for the

first time, would be a turning point in her life. And she was

continually picturing them to herself, at one moment each

separately, and then both together. When she mused on the past,

she dwelt with pleasure, with tenderness, on the memories of her

relations with Levin. The memories of childhood and of Levin's

friendship with her dead brother gave a special poetic charm to

her relations with him. His love for her, of which she felt

certain, was flattering and delightful to her; and it was

pleasant for her to think of Levin. In her memories of Vronsky

there always entered a certain element of awkwardness, though he

was in the highest degree well-bred and at ease, as though there

were some false note-not in Vronsky, he was very simple and nice,

but in herself, while with Levin she felt perfectly simple and

clear.