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Anna Karenina

‘Mamma, darling, for goodness’ sake, don’t talk about
it. It’s so horrible to talk about it.’
‘I won’t,’ said her mother, seeing the tears in her
daughter’s eyes; ‘but one thing, my love; you promised

me you would have no secrets from me. You won’t?’
‘Never, mamma, none,’ answered Kitty, flushing a
little, and looking her mother straight in the face, ‘but
there’s no use in my telling you anything, and I...I...if I
wanted to, I don’t know what to say or how...I don’t
know..’
‘No, she could not tell an untruth with those eyes,’
thought the mother, smiling at her agitation and
happiness. The princess smiled that what was taking place
just now in her soul seemed to the poor child so immense
and so important.

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