"Yes, at a walking pace, princess.

" Levin never called the princess "maman" as men often do call their mothers-in-law, and the princess disliked his not doing so.

But though he liked and respected the princess, Levin could not call her so without a sense of profaning his feeling for his dead mother.

"Come with us, maman," said Kitty.

"I don't like to see such imprudence.