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Anna Karenina

Chapter 24

The levee was drawing to a close. People met as they
were going away, and gossiped of the latest news, of the
newly bestowed honors and the changes in the positions
of the higher functionaries.
‘If only Countess Marya Borissovna were Minister of
War, and Princess Vatkovskaya were Commander-in-
Chief,’ said a gray-headed, little old man in a gold-
embroidered uniform, addressing a tall, handsome maid of
honor who had questioned him about the new
appointments.
‘And me among the adjutants,’ said the maid of honor,
smiling.
‘You have an appointment already. You’re over the
ecclesiastical department. And your assistant’s Karenin.’
‘Good-day, prince!’ said the little old man to a man
who came up to him.
‘What were you saying of Karenin?’ said the prince.
‘He and Putyatov have received the Alexander
Nevsky.’
‘I thought he had it already.’

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