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Anna Karenina

Agafea Mihalovna’s wrath must be chiefly directed against
her, as the person responsible for the raspberry jam-
making, tried to appear to be absorbed in other things and
not interested in the jam, talked of other matters, but cast

stealthy glances in the direction of the stove.
‘I always buy my maids’ dresses myself, of some cheap
material,’ the princess said, continuing the previous
conversation. ‘Isn’t it time to skim it, my dear?’ she added,
addressing Agafea Mihalovna. ‘There’s not the slightest
need for you to do it, and it’s hot for you,’ she said,
stopping Kitty.
‘I’ll do it,’ said Dolly, and getting up, she carefully
passed the spoon over the frothing sugar, and from time to
time shook off the clinging jam from the spoon by
knocking it on a plate that was covered with yellow-red
scum and blood-colored syrup. ‘How they’ll enjoy this at
tea-time!’ she thought of her children, remembering how
she herself as a child had wondered how it was the grown-
up people did not eat what was best of all—the scum of
the jam.
‘Stiva says it’s much better to give money.’ Dolly took
up meanwhile the weighty subject under discussion, what
presents should be made to servants. ‘But..’

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