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.
A las cuatro de la tarde, Levin, con el corazón palpitante, dejó el coche de alquiler cerca del Parque Zoológico y se encaminó por un sendero a la pista de patinar, seguro de encontrar a Kitty, ya que había visto a la puerta el carruaje de los Scherbazky.