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Anna Karenina

‘Mais vous venez trop tard,’ she said, rubbing her
handkerchief on her hand, which the horse had made wet
in taking the sugar.
Anna turned to Dolly. ‘You can stay some time? For

one day only? That’s impossible!’
‘I promised to be back, and the children...’ said Dolly,
feeling embarrassed both because she had to get her bag
out of the carriage, and because she knew her face must be
covered with dust.
‘No, Dolly, darling!... Well, we’ll see. Come along,
come along!’ and Anna led Dolly to her room.
That room was not the smart guest chamber Vronsky
had suggested, but the one of which Anna had said that
Dolly would excuse it. And this room, for which excuse
was needed, was more full of luxury than any in which
Dolly had ever stayed, a luxury that reminded her of the
best hotels abroad.
‘Well, darling, how happy I am!’ Anna said, sitting
down in her riding habit for a moment beside Dolly. ‘Tell
me about all of you. Stiva I had only a glimpse of, and he
cannot tell one about the children. How is my favorite,
Tanya? Quite a big girl, I expect?’
‘Yes, she’s very tall,’ Darya Alexandrovna answered
shortly, surprised herself that she should respond so coolly

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