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Anna Karenina

Chapter 16

When Levin went upstairs, his wife was sitting near the
new silver samovar behind the new tea service, and,
having settled old Agafea Mihalovna at a little table with a
full cup of tea, was reading a letter from Dolly, with
whom they were in continual and frequent
correspondence.
‘You see, your good lady’s settled me here, told me to
sit a bit with her,’ said Agafea Mihalovna, smiling
affectionately at Kitty.
In these words of Agafea Mihalovna, Levin read the
final act of the drama which had been enacted of late
between her and Kitty. He saw that, in spite of Agafea
Mihalovna’s feelings being hurt by a new mistress taking
the reins of government out of her hands, Kitty had yet
conquered her and made her love her.
‘Here, I opened your letter too,’ said Kitty, handing
him an illiterate letter. ‘It’s from that woman, I think, your
brother’s...’ she said. ‘I did not read it through. This is
from my people and from Dolly. Fancy! Dolly took Tanya
and Grisha to a children’s ball at the Sarmatskys’: Tanya
was a French marquise.’

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