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Anna Karenina

account of the artist, were still less so by his personal
appearance. Thick-set and of middle height, with nimble
movements, with his brown hat, olive-green coat and
narrow trousers—though wide trousers had been a long

while in fashion,—most of all, with the ordinariness of his
broad face, and the combined expression of timidity and
anxiety to keep up his dignity, Mihailov made an
unpleasant impression.
‘Please step in,’ he said, trying to look indifferent, and
going into the passage he took a key out of his pocket and
opened the door.

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