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Anna Karenina
the ball!’ And the prince, imagining that he was
mimicking his wife, made a mincing curtsey at each word.
‘And this is how we’re preparing wretchedness for Kitty;
and she’s really got the notion into her head..’
‘But what makes you suppose so?’
‘I don’t suppose; I know. We have eyes for such things,
though women-folk haven’t. I see a man who has serious
intentions, that’s Levin: and I see a peacock, like this
feather-head, who’s only amusing himself.’
‘Oh, well, when once you get an idea into your
head!..’
‘Well, you’ll remember my words, but too late, just as
with Dolly.’
‘Well, well, we won’t talk of it,’ the princess stopped
him, recollecting her unlucky Dolly.
‘By all means, and good night!’
And signing each other with the cross, the husband and
wife parted with a kiss, feeling that they each remained of
their own opinion.
The princess had at first been quite certain that that
evening had settled Kitty’s future, and theat there could be
no doubt of Vronsky’s intentions, but her husband’s words
had disturbed her. And returning to her own room, in
terror before the unknown future, she, too, like Kitty,
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