Levin goes to the skating rink where Oblonsky had arranged for him to meet up with Kitty sure enough, she is there, and he can show off his physical prowess. Even though Nikolai says he wants to be left alone, Levin resolves to go and see him. While Levin is in Moscow, he stays with his half-brother, Koznyshev, an intellectual the two men discuss Nikolai, their ill older brother. Levin says that he is in love with Oblonsky’s sister-in-law, Kitty, and Oblonsky sets up a plan for them to meet. Oblonsky has gotten his position through his brother-in-law, Karenin. Levin, a landowner who lives in the country and is an old friend of Oblonsky’s, comes to visit Oblonsky in his office in Moscow. The servants know that they should side with Dolly, but they can’t help being lenient with Oblonsky.
Oblonsky tries very hard to feel guilty, but he’s too merry and affable, and too prone to enjoy life, to feel too remorseful. She is devastated and refuses to leave her rooms. The Oblonsky house is in turmoil: Stiva Oblonsky, a genial aristocrat, has had an affair with the children’s former governess, and his wife, Dolly, is furious.
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