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Anna Karenina
anyone could be hostilely disposed towards him, and she
flushed.
‘Prince, let us have Konstantin Dmitrievitch,’ said
Countess Nordston; ‘we want to try an experiment.’
‘What experiment? Table-turning? Well, you must
excuse me, ladies and gentlemen, but to my mind it is
better fun to play the ring game,’ said the old prince,
looking at Vronsky, and guessing that it had been his
suggestion. ‘There’s some sense in that, anyway.’
Vronsky looked wonderingly at the prince with his
resolute eyes, and, with a faint smile, began immediately
talking to Countess Nordston of the great ball that was to
come off next week.
‘I hope you will be there?’ he said to Kitty. As soon as
the old prince turned away from him, Levin went out
unnoticed, and the last impression he carried away with
him of that evening was the smiling, happy face of Kitty
answering Vronsky’s inquiry about the ball.
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