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Anna Karenina

putting an edging of stones round the light mould of a
flower bed, and drew up in a covered entry.
‘Ah, they’re here already!’ said Anna, looking at the
saddle horses, which were just being led away from the

steps. ‘It is a nice horse, isn’t it? It’s my cob; my favorite.
Lead him here and bring me some sugar. Where is the
count?’ she inquired of two smart footmen who darted
out. ‘Ah, there he is!’ she said, seeing Vronsky coming to
meet her with Veslovsky.
‘Where are you going to put the princess?’ said
Vronsky in French, addressing Anna, and without waiting
for a reply, he once more greeted Darya Alexandrovna,
and this time he kissed her hand. ‘I think the big balcony
room.’
‘Oh, no, that’s too far off! Better in the corner room,
we shall see each other more. Come, let’s go up,’ said
Anna, as she gave her favorite horse the sugar the footman
had brought her.
‘Et vous oubliez votre devoir,’ she said to Veslovsky,
who came out too on the steps.
‘Pardon, j’en ai tout plein les poches,’ he answered,
smiling, putting his fingers in his waistcoat pocket.

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