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Anna Karenina

Chapter 16

Darya Alexandrovna carried out her intention and went
to see Anna. She was sorry to annoy her sister and to do
anything Levin disliked. She quite understood how right
the Levins were in not wishing to have anything to do
with Vronsky. But she felt she must go and see Anna, and
show her that her feelings could not be changed, in spite
of the change in her position. That she might be
independent of the Levins in this expedition, Darya
Alexandrovna sent to the village to hire horses for the
drive; but Levin learning of it went to her to protest.
‘What makes you suppose that I dislike your going?
But, even if I did dislike it, I should still more dislike your
not taking my horses,’ he said. ‘You never told me that
you were going for certain. Hiring horses in the village is
disagreeable to me, and, what’s of more importance,
they’ll undertake the job and never get you there. I have
horses. And if you don’t want to wound me, you’ll take
mine.’
Darya Alexandrovna had to consent, and on the day
fixed Levin had ready for his sister-in-law a set of four
horses and relays, getting them together from the farm-

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