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Anna Karenina

‘Why, to be sure, it’ll start from the bottom and go up
and go up, and come out so,’ the carpenter said obstinately
and convincingly.
‘It’ll reach the ceiling and the wall.’

‘Upon my word! Why, it’ll go up, and up, and come
out like this.’
Levin took out a ramrod and began sketching him the
staircase in the dust.
‘There, do you see?’
‘As your honor likes,’ said the carpenter, with a sudden
gleam in his eyes, obviously understanding the thing at
last. ‘It seems it’ll be best to make a new one.’
‘Well, then, do it as you’re told,’ Levin shouted, seating
himself in the wagonette. ‘Down! Hold the dogs, Philip!’
Levin felt now at leaving behind all his family and
household cares such an eager sense of joy in life and
expectation that he was not disposed to talk. Besides that,
he had that feeling of concentrated excitement that every
sportsman experiences as he approaches the scene of
action. If he had anything on his mind at that moment, it
was only the doubt whether they would start anything in
the Kolpensky marsh, whether Laska would show to
advantage in comparison with Krak, and whether he
would shoot well that day himself. Not to disgrace himself

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