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Anna Karenina

Vassenka whether he would come, and she did not ask
him. ‘Where are you going, Kostya?’ she asked her
husband with a guilty face, as he passed by her with a
resolute step. This guilty air confirmed all his suspicions.

‘The mechanician came when I was away; I haven’t
seen him yet,’ he said, not looking at her.
He went downstairs, but before he had time to leave
his study he heard his wife’s familiar footsteps running
with reckless speed to him.
‘What do you want?’ he said to her shortly. ‘We are
busy.’
‘I beg your pardon,’ she said to the German
mechanician; ‘I want a few words with my husband.’
The German would have left the room, but Levin said
to him:
‘Don’t disturb yourself.’
‘The train is at three?’ queried the German. ‘I mustn’t
be late.’
Levin did not answer him, but walked out himself with
his wife.
‘Well, what have you to say to me?’ he said to her in
French.

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