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Anna Karenina

On the tenth day from their arrival at the town, Kitty
was unwell. She suffered from headache and sickness, and
she could not get up all the morning.
The doctor opined that the indisposition arose from

fatigue and excitement, and prescribed rest.
After dinner, however, Kitty got up and went as usual
with her work to the sick man. He looked at her sternly
when she came in, and smiled contemptuously when she
said she had been unwell. That day he was continually
blowing his nose, and groaning piteously.
‘How do you feel?’ she asked him.
‘Worse,’ he articulated with difficulty. ‘In pain!’
‘In pain, where?’
‘Everywhere.’
‘It will be over today, you will see,’ said Marya
Nikolaevna. Though it was said in a whisper, the sick
man, whose hearing Levin had noticed was very keen,
must have heard. Levin said hush to her, and looked
round at the sick man. Nikolay had heard; but these words
produced no effect on him. His eyes had still the same
intense, reproachful look.
‘Why do you think so?’ Levin asked her, when she had
followed him into the corridor.

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