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Anna Karenina

her sister’s husband Lvov), ‘and we determined to send
you with him to talk to Stiva. It’s really unbearable. One
can’t speak to papa about it.... But if you and he..’
‘Why, what can we do?’ said Levin.

‘You’ll be at Arseny’s, anyway; talk to him, he will tell
what we decided.’
‘Oh, I agree to everything Arseny thinks beforehand.
I’ll go and see him. By the way, if I do go to the concert,
I’ll go with Natalia. Well, good- bye.’
On the steps Levin was stopped by his old servant
Kouzma, who had been with him before his marriage, and
now looked after their household in town.
‘Beauty’ (that was the left shaft-horse brought up from
the country) ‘has been badly shod and is quite lame,’ he
said. ‘What does your honor wish to be done?’
During the first part of their stay in Moscow, Levin had
used his own horses brought up from the country. He had
tried to arrange this part of their expenses in the best and
cheapest way possible; but it appeared that their own
horses came dearer than hired horses, and they still hired
too.
‘Send for the veterinary, there may be a bruise.’
‘And for Katerina Alexandrovna?’ asked Konzma.

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