" "If you are you can get in, as the horses are quiet and walking.

" But it was not worth while to get in, they were quite near the place, and all walked on together.

Varenka, with her white kerchief on her black hair, surrounded by the children, gaily and good-humoredly looking after them, and at the same time visibly excited at the possibility of receiving a declaration from the man she cared for, was very attractive.