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Anna Karenina

Chapter 30

Meanwhile Vassily Lukitch had not at first understood
who this lady was, and had learned from their
conversation that it was no other person than the mother
who had left her husband, and whom he had not seen, as
he had entered the house after her departure. He was in
doubt whether to go in or not, or whether to
communicate with Alexey Alexandrovitch. Reflecting
finally that his duty was to get Seryozha up at the hour
fixed, and that it was therefore not his business to consider
who was there, the mother or anyone else, but simply to
do his duty, he finished dressing, went to the door and
opened it.
But the embraces of the mother and child, the sound of
their voices, and what they were saying, made him change
his mind.
He shook his head, and with a sigh he closed the door.
‘I’ll wait another ten minutes,’ he said to himself, clearing
his throat and wiping away tears.
Among the servants of the household there was intense
excitement all this time. All had heard that their mistress
had come, and that Kapitonitch had let her in, and that

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