AT FOUR O'CLOCK THAT AFTERNOON LEVIN, CONSCIOUS that his heart was beating rapidly, got out of the hired sledge at the Zoological Gardens and went down the path leading to the ice-hills and skating lake, sure of finding Kitty there, for he had noticed the Shcherbatskys' carriage at the entrance. It was a clear frosty day. Carriages, private sledges, sledges for hire, and mounted police stood at the entrance.
Alle quattro precise, col cuore che gli batteva, Levin scese dalla vettura al giardino zoologico e si incamminò per un viottolo verso le montagne di ghiaccio e verso il campo di pattinaggio dove era sicuro di trovare lei, perché all’ingresso aveva visto la carrozza degli Šcerbackij.