Anna Karenina - Part 1 - Page 95/119

His speech had begun to falter, and he passed abruptly from one

subject to another. Konstantin with the help of Masha persuaded

him not to go out anywhere, and got him to bed hopelessly drunk.

Masha promised to write to Konstantin in case of need, and to

persuade Nikolay Levin to go and stay with his brother.