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Anna Karenina

about her children. ‘We are having a delightful stay at the
Levins’,’ she added.
‘Oh, if I had known,’ said Anna, ‘that you do not
despise me!... You might have all come to us. Stiva’s an

old friend and a great friend of Alexey’s, you know,’ she
added, and suddenly she blushed.
‘Yes, but we are all...’ Dolly answered in confusion.
‘But in my delight I’m talking nonsense. The one
thing, darling, is that I am so glad to have you!’ said Anna,
kissing her again. ‘You haven’t told me yet how and what
you think about me, and I keep wanting to know. But I’m
glad you will see me as I am. The chief thing I shouldn’t
like would be for people to imagine I want to prove
anything. I don’t want to prove anything; I merely want
to live, to do no one harm but myself. I have the right to
do that, haven’t I? But it is a big subject, and we’ll talk
over everything properly later. Now I’ll go and dress and
send a maid to you.’

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