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Anna Karenina

middle of a sentence, he jumped up and went out of the
room.
‘Send me word if I can see her,’ said the prince.
‘Very well, in a minute,’ answered Levin, and without

stopping, he went to her room.
She was not asleep, she was talking gently with her
mother, making plans about the christening.
Carefully set to rights, with hair well-brushed, in a
smart little cap with some blue in it, her arms out on the
quilt, she was lying on her back. Meeting his eyes, her
eyes drew him to her. Her face, bright before, brightened
still more as he drew near her. There was the same change
in it from earthly to unearthly that is seen in the face of
the dead. But then it means farewell, here it meant
welcome. Again a rush of emotion, such as he had felt at
the moment of the child’s birth, flooded his heart. She
took his hand and asked him if he had slept. He could not
answer, and turned away, struggling with his weakness.
‘I have had a nap, Kostya!’ she said to him; ‘and I am so
comfortable now.’
She looked at him, but suddenly her expression
changed.

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