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Anna Karenina

of them I saw the races in the Corso in Rome. But you
don’t care for life abroad,’ she said with a cordial smile. ‘I
know you and all your tastes, though I have seen so little
of you.’

‘I’m awfully sorry for that, for my tastes are mostly
bad,’ said Yashvin, gnawing at his left mustache.
Having talked a little while, and noticing that Vronsky
glanced at the clock, Yashvin asked her whether she
would be staying much longer in Petersburg, and
unbending his huge figure reached after his cap.
‘Not long, I think,’ she said hesitatingly, glancing at
Vronsky.
‘So then we shan’t meet again?’
‘Come and dine with me,’ said Anna resolutely, angry
it seemed with herself for her embarrassment, but flushing
as she always did when she defined her position before a
fresh person. ‘The dinner here is not good, but at least you
will see him. There is no one of his old friends in the
regiment Alexey cares for as he does for you.’
‘Delighted,’ said Yashvin with a smile, from which
Vronsky could see that he liked Anna very much.
Yashvin said good-bye and went away; Vronsky stayed
behind.
‘Are you going too?’ she said to him.

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