'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.
Óh, ez a büszkeség, mindig csak ez a büszkeség! - mondotta Alexandrovna Darja, mintegy lenézve őt ennek az érzésnek az alantasságáért, szemben avval a másik érzéssel, a melyet csak a nők ösmernek. - Abban az időben, a mikor a kezét megkérte, Kiti éppen olyan helyzetben volt, hogy lehetetlen volt felelnie. Ingadozott.