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Anna Karenina

Vronsky, standing beside Oblonsky, watched the
carriages and the passengers, totally oblivious of his
mother. What he had just heard about Kitty excited and
delighted him. Unconsciously he arched his chest, and his

eyes flashed. He felt himself a conqueror.
‘Countess Vronskaya is in that compartment,’ said the
smart guard, going up to Vronsky.
The guard’s words roused him, and forced him to think
of his mother and his approaching meeting with her. He
did not in his heart respect his mother, and without
acknowledging it to himself, he did not love her, though
in accordance with the ideas of the set in which he lived,
and with his own education, he could not have conceived
of any behavior to his mother not in the highest degree
respectful and obedient, and the more externally obedient
and respectful his behavior, the less in his heart he
respected and loved her.

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