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Anna Karenina

partisans of Snetkov, and a third had been robbed of his
uniform.
On learning this, the new party had made haste, during
the dispute about Flerov, to send some of their men in a

sledge to clothe the stripped gentleman, and to bring along
one of the intoxicated to the meeting.
‘I’ve brought one, drenched him with water,’ said the
landowner, who had gone on this errand, to Sviazhsky.
‘He’s all right? he’ll do.’
‘Not too drunk, he won’t fall down?’ said Sviazhsky,
shaking his head.
‘No, he’s first-rate. If only they don’t give him any
more here.... I’ve told the waiter not to give him anything
on any account.’

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