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Anna Karenina

‘He was very ill after that interview with his mother,
which we had not foreseen,’ said Alexey Alexandrovitch.
‘Ideed, we feared for his life. But with rational treatment,
and sea-bathing in the summer, he regained his strength,

and now, by the doctor’s advice, I have let him go to
school. And certainly the companionship of school has had
a good effect on him, and he is perfectly well, and making
good progress.’
‘What a fine fellow he’s grown! He’s not Seryozha
now, but quite full-fledged Sergey Alexeitch!’ said Stepan
Arkadyevitch, smiling, as he looked at the handsome,
broad-shouldered lad in blue coat and long trousers, who
walked in alertly and confidently. The boy looked healthy
and good-humored. He bowed to his uncle as to a
stranger, but recognizing him, he blushed and turned
hurriedly away from him, as though offended and irritated
at something. The boy went up to his father and handed
him a note of the marks he had gained in school.
‘Well, that’s very fair,’ said his father, ‘you can go.’
‘He’s thinner and taller, and has grown out of being a
child into a boy; I like that,’ said Stepan Arkadyevitch.
‘Do you remember me?’
The boy looked back quickly at his uncle.

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