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Anna Karenina

At the head of them all Tanya galloped sideways, in her
tightly- drawn stockings, and waving a basket and Sergey
Ivanovitch’s hat, she ran straight up to him.
Boldly running up to Sergey Ivanovitch with shining

eyes, so like her father’s fine eyes, she handed him his hat
and made as though she would put it on for him, softening
her freedom by a shy and friendly smile.
‘Varenka’s waiting,’ she said, carefully putting his hat
on, seeing from Sergey Ivanovitch’s smile that she might
do so.
Varenka was standing at the door, dressed in a yellow
print gown, with a white kerchief on her head.
‘I’m coming, I’m coming, Varvara Andreevna,’ said
Sergey Ivanovitch, finishing his cup of coffee, and putting
into their separate pockets his handkerchief and cigar-case.
‘And how sweet my Varenka is! eh?’ said Kitty to her
husband, as soon as Sergey Ivanovitch rose. She spoke so
that Sergey Ivanovitch could hear, and it was clear that she
meant him to do so. ‘And how good-looking she is—such
a refined beauty! Varenka!’ Kitty shouted. ‘Shall you be in
the mill copse? We’ll come out to you.’
‘You certainly forget your condition, Kitty,’ said the
old princess, hurriedly coming out at the door. ‘You
mustn’t shout like that.’

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