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Anna Karenina

‘There! That’s just what I said!’ exclaimed the lady.
‘And it’s true too, I suppose, that more than a million has
been subscribed?’
‘Yes, princess.’

‘What do you say to today’s telegram? Beaten the
Turks again.’
‘Yes, so I saw,’ answered Sergey Ivanovitch. They were
speaking of the last telegram stating that the Turks had
been for three days in succession beaten at all points and
put to flight, and that tomorrow a decisive engagement
was expected.
‘Ah, by the way, a splendid young fellow has asked
leave to go, and they’ve made some difficulty, I don’t
know why. I meant to ask you; I know him; please write a
note about his case. He’s being sent by Countess Lidia
Ivanovna.’
Sergey Ivanovitch asked for all the details the princess
knew about the young man, and going into the first-class
waiting-room, wrote a note to the person on whom the
granting of leave of absence depended, and handed it to
the princess.
‘You know Count Vronsky, the notorious one...is
going by this train?’ said the princess with a smile full of

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