Having heard all the news, Vronsky, with the assistance of his valet, got into his uniform, and went off to report himself.

He intended, when he had done that, to drive to his brother's and to Betsy's and to pay several visits with a view to beginning to go into that society where he might meet Madame Karenina.

As he always did in Petersburg, he left home not meaning to return till late at night.

At the end of the winter, in the Shtcherbatskys' house, a consultation was being held, which was to pronounce on the state of Kitty's health and the measures to be taken to restore her failing strength.

She had been ill, and as spring came on she grew worse.