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Anna Karenina

‘And to me it’s both insulting and distressing! And I’m
not at fault in any way, and there’s no need for me to
suffer.’
‘Well, this I didn’t expect of you! On peut etre jaloux,

mais a ce point, c’est du dernier ridicule!’
Levin turned quickly, and walked away from him into
the depths of the avenue, and he went on walking up and
down alone. Soon he heard the rumble of the trap, and
saw from behind the trees how Vassenka, sitting in the hay
(unluckily there was no seat in the trap) in his Scotch cap,
was driven along the avenue, jolting up and down over
the ruts.
‘What’s this?’ Levin thought, when a footman ran out
of the house and stopped the trap. It was the mechanician,
whom Levin had totally forgotten. The mechanician,
bowing low, said something to Veslovsky, then clambered
into the trap, and they drove off together.
Stepan Arkadyevitch and the princess were much upset
by Levin’s action. And he himself felt not only in the
highest degree ridicule, but also utterly guilty and
disgraced. But remembering what sufferings he and his
wife had been through, when he asked himself how he
should act another time, he answered that he should do
just the same again.

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