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Anna Karenina

The unmistakable impatience of the member of the
Council trying to get away from him did not trouble
Alexey Alexandrovitch; he gave up his exposition only
when the member of the Council, seizing his chance

when one of the Imperial family was passing, slipped away
from him.
Left alone, Alexey Alexandrovitch looked down,
collecting his thoughts, then looked casually about him
and walked towards the door, where he hoped to meet
Countess Lidia Ivanovna.
‘And how strong they all are, how sound physically,’
thought Alexey Alexandrovitch, looking at the powerfully
built gentleman of the bedchamber with his well-combed,
perfumed whiskers, and at the red neck of the prince,
pinched by his tight uniform. He had to pass them on his
way. ‘Truly is it said that all the world is evil,’ he thought,
with another sidelong glance at the calves of the
gentleman of the bedchamber.
Moving forward deliberately, Alexey Alexandrovitch
bowed with his customary air of weariness and dignity to
the gentleman who had been talking about him, and
looking towards the door, his eyes sought Countess Lidia
Ivanovna.

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