'Oh, that pride, that pride!' said Dolly, speaking as if she despised him for the meanness of his feelings compared to those which only women know. 'When you proposed to Kitty she was just in that state when it was impossible for her to give an answer: she was undecided – undecided between you and Vronsky; she saw him every day, you she had not seen for a long time.
— Ah, quanto orgoglio, quanto orgoglio! — disse Dar’ja Aleksandrovna, quasi disprezzandolo per questo suo sentire che le appariva ben basso in confronto del sentimento che solo le donne conoscono. — Mentre voi facevate la proposta a Kitty, lei si trovava proprio nella situazione di non poter rispondere. C’era in lei il dilemma: o voi o Vronskij.