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Anna Karenina

Chapter 3

Saying good-bye to the princess, Sergey Ivanovitch was
joined by Katavasov; together they got into a carriage full
to overflowing, and the train started.
At Tsaritsino station the train was met by a chorus of
young men singing ‘Hail to Thee!’ Again the volunteers
bowed and poked their heads out, but Sergey Ivanovitch
paid no attention to them. He had had so much to do
with the volunteers that the type was familiar to him and
did not interest him. Katavasov, whose scientific work had
prevented his having a chance of observing them hitherto,
was very much interested in them and questioned Sergey
Ivanovitch.
Sergey Ivanovitch advised him to go into the second-
class and talk to them himself. At the next station
Katavasov acted on this suggestion.
At the first stop he moved into the second-class and
made the acquaintance of the volunteers. They were
sitting in a corner of the carriage, talking loudly and
obviously aware that the attention of the passengers and
Katavasov as he got in was concentrated upon them. More
loudly than all talked the tall, hollow-chested young man.

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