Andtheasseverationsofhislove，whichseemedtohimsotrivialthathewasashamedtoutterthem，shedrankineagerly，andgraduallybecamecalmer。Thenextday，completelyreconciled，theyleftforthecountry。[NextChapter][TableofContents]
TOLSTOY:AnnaKareninaPart6，Chapter01[PreviousChapter][TableofContents]PARTSIXChapter1DaryaAlexandrovnaspentthesummerwithherchildrenatPokrovskoe，athersisterKittyLevin’s。Thehouseonherownestatewasquiteinruins，andLevinandhiswifehadpersuadedhertospendthesummerwiththem。
StepanArkadyevichgreatlyapprovedofthearrangement。Hesaidhewasverysorryhisofficialdutiespreventedhimfromspendingthesummerinthecountrywithhisfamily，whichwouldhavebeenthegreatesthappinessforhim；andremaininginMoscow，hecamedowntothecountryfromtimetotimeforadayortwo。BesidestheOblonskys，withalltheirchildrenandtheirgoverness，theoldPrincess，too，cametostaythatsummerwiththeLevins，assheconsidereditherdutytowatchoverherinexperienceddaughterinherinterestingcondition。Moreover，Varenka，Kitty’sfriendabroad，keptherpromisetocometoKittywhenshewasmarried，andstayedwithherfriend。AllofthesewerefriendsorrelationsofLevin’swife。
Andthoughhelikedthemall，heratherregrettedhisownLevinworldandways，whichwassmotheredbythisinfluxofthe`Shcherbatskyelement，’
ashecalledittohimself。OfhisownrelationstherestayedwithhimonlySergeiIvanovich，buthetoowasamanoftheKoznishevandnottheLevinstamp，sothattheLevinspiritwasutterlyobliterated。