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Anna Karenina

Though there was not so much hope of finding birds in
the uncut part as the cut part, Levin had promised Stepan
Arkadyevitch to meet him, and so he walked on with his
companion through the cut and uncut patches.

‘Hi, sportsmen!’ shouted one of a group of peasants,
sitting on an unharnessed cart; ‘come and have some lunch
with us! Have a drop of wine!’
Levin looked round.
‘Come along, it’s all right!’ shouted a good-humored-
looking bearded peasant with a red face, showing his
white teeth in a grin, and holding up a greenish bottle that
flashed in the sunlight.
‘Qu’est-ce qu’ils disent?’ asked Veslovsky.
‘They invite you to have some vodka. Most likely
they’ve been dividing the meadow into lots. I should have
some,’ said Levin, not without some guile, hoping
Veslovsky would be tempted by the vodka, and would go
away to them.
‘Why do they offer it?’
‘Oh, they’re merry-making. Really, you should join
them. You would be interested.’
‘Allons, c’est curieux.’
‘You go, you go, you’ll find the way to the mill!’ cried
Levin, and looking round he perceived with satisfaction

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