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Anna Karenina

and insisted on getting the very best for his money; so that
by the method on which he managed his affairs, it was
clear that he was not wasting, but increasing his substance.
In October there were the provincial elections in the

Kashinsky province, where were the estates of Vronsky,
Sviazhsky, Koznishev, Oblonsky, and a small part of
Levin’s land.
These elections were attracting public attention from
several circumstances connected with them, and also from
the people taking part in them. There had been a great
deal of talk about them, and great preparations were being
made for them. Persons who never attended the elections
were coming from Moscow, from Petersburg, and from
abroad to attend these. Vronsky had long before promised
Sviazhsky to go to them. Before the elections Sviazhsky,
who often visited Vozdvizhenskoe, drove over to fetch
Vronsky. On the day before there had been almost a
quarrel between Vronsky and Anna over this proposed
expedition. It was the very dullest autumn weather, which
is so dreary in the country, and so, preparing himself for a
struggle, Vronsky, with a hard and cold expression,
informed Anna of his departure as he had never spoken to
her before. But, to his surprise, Anna accepted the
information with great composure, and merely asked

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