three o’clock
At last he succeeded in calming her , only by confessing that a feeling of pity , in conjunction with the wine he had drunk , had been too much for him , that he had succumbed to Anna 's artful influence , and that he would avoid her . One thing he did with more sincerity confess to was that living so long in Moscow , a life of nothing but conversation , eating and drinking , he was degenerating . They talked till three o'clock in the morning . Only at three o'clock were they sufficiently reconciled to be able to go to sleep . After taking leave of her guests , Anna did not sit down , but began walking up and down the room . She had unconsciously the whole evening done her utmost to arouse in Levin a feeling of love -- as of late she had fallen into doing with all young men -- and she knew she had attained her aim , as far as was possible in one evening , with a married and conscientious man . She liked him indeed extremely , and , in spite of the striking difference , from the masculine point of view , between Vronsky and Levin , as a woman she saw something they had in common , which had made Kitty able to love both .