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Anna Karenina

Princess Varvara, playing patience, confirmed this, and
Anna, flushing hotly, got up; but instead of going down,
as she had done twice before, she stood still. She suddenly
felt ashamed of her duplicity, but even more she dreaded

how he might meet her. All feeling of wounded pride had
passed now; she was only afraid of the expression of his
displeasure. She remembered that her child had been
perfectly well again for the last two days. She felt
positively vexed with her for getting better from the very
moment her letter was sent off. Then she thought of him,
that he was here, all of him, with his hands, his eyes. She
heard his voice. And forgetting everything, she ran
joyfully to meet him.
‘Well, how is Annie?’ he said timidly from below,
looking up to Anna as she ran down to him.
He was sitting on a chair, and a footman was pulling off
his warm over-boot.
‘Oh, she is better.’
‘And you?’ he said, shaking himself.
she took his hand in both of hers, and drew it to her
waist, never taking her eyes off him.
‘Well, I’m glad,’ he said, coldly scanning her, her hair,
her dress, which he knew she had put on for him. All was
charming, but how many times it had charmed him! And

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