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Anna Karenina

where the horses are; there are breeding places there, and
grouse, and all round those reeds as far as that alder, and
right up to the mill. Over there, do you see, where the
pools are? That’s the best place. There I once shot

seventeen snipe. We’ll separate with the dogs and go in
different directions, and then meet over there at the mill.’
‘Well, which shall go to left and which to right?’ asked
Stepan Arkadyevitch. ‘It’s wider to the right; you two go
that way and I’ll take the left,’ he said with apparent
carelessness.
‘Capital! we’ll make the bigger bag! Yes, come along,
come along!’ Vassenka exclaimed.
Levin could do nothing but agree, and they divided.
As soon as they entered the marsh, the two dogs began
hunting about together and made towards the green,
slime-covered pool. Levin knew Laska’s method, wary and
indefinite; he knew the place too and expected a whole
covey of snipe.
‘Veslovsky, beside me, walk beside me!’ he said in a
faint voice to his companion splashing in the water behind
him. Levin could not help feeling an interest in the
direction his gun was pointed, after that casual shot near
the Kolpensky marsh.
‘Oh, I won’t get in your way, don’t trouble about me.’

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