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Anna Karenina

any one who wants to know me,’ he added, raising his
voice and knitting his brows, ‘I beg to love her and respect
her. She’s just the same as my wife, just the same. So now
you know whom you’ve to do with. And if you think

you’re lowering yourself, well, here’s the floor, there’s the
door.’
And again his eyes traveled inquiringly over all of them.
‘Why I should be lowering myself, I don’t understand.’
‘Then, Masha, tell them to bring supper; three
portions, spirits and wine.... No, wait a minute.... No, it
doesn’t matter.... Go along.’

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