"And won't you have a lying-in ward?" asked Dolly.

" That's so much needed in the country.

I have often..." In spite of his usual courtesy, Vronsky interrupted her.

"This is not a lying-in home, but a hospital for the sick, and is intended for all diseases, except infectious complaints," he said.

" Ah! look at this," and he rolled up to Darya Alexandrovna an invalid chair that had just been ordered for the convalescents.