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Anna Karenina

Chapter 26

In September Levin moved to Moscow for Kitty’s
confinement. He had spent a whole month in Moscow
with nothing to do, when Sergey Ivanovitch, who had
property in the Kashinsky province, and took great
interest in the question of the approaching elections, made
ready to set off to the elections. He invited his brother,
who had a vote in the Seleznevsky district, to come with
him. Levin had, moreover, to transact in Kashin some
extremely important business relating to the wardship of
land and to the receiving of certain redemption money for
his sister, who was abroad.
Levin still hesitated, but Kitty, who saw that he was
bored in Moscow, and urged him to go, on her own
authority ordered him the proper nobleman’s uniform,
costing seven pounds. And that seven pounds paid for the
uniform was the chief cause that finally decided Levin to
go. He went to Kashin....
Levin had been six days in Kashin, visiting the assembly
each day, and busily engaged about his sister’s business,
which still dragged on. The district marshals of nobility
were all occupied with the elections, and it was impossible

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