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Anna Karenina

old carriage, she recognized Dolly. She uttered a cry,
started in the saddle, and set her horse into a gallop. On
reaching the carriage she jumped off without assistance,
and holding up her riding habit, she ran up to greet Dolly.

‘I thought it was you and dared not think it. How
delightful! You can’t fancy how glad I am!’ she said, at one
moment pressing her face against Dolly and kissing her,
and at the next holding her off and examining her with a
smile.
‘Here’s a delightful surprise, Alexey!’ she said, looking
round at Vronsky, who had dismounted, and was walking
towards them.
Vronsky, taking off his tall gray hat, went up to Dolly.
‘You wouldn’t believe how glad we are to see you,’ he
said, giving peculiar significance to the words, and
showing his strong white teeth in a smile.
Vassenka Veslovsky, without getting off his horse, took
off his cap and greeted the visitor by gleefully waving the
ribbons over his head.
‘That’s Princess Varvara,’ Anna said in reply to a glance
of inquiry from Dolly as the char-a-banc drove up.
‘Ah!’ said Darya Alexandrovna, and unconsciously her
face betrayed her dissatisfaction.

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