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Anna Karenina

she described the pity she had felt, first for her brother,
and afterwards for Dolly.
‘I imagine one cannot exonerate such a man from
blame, though he is your brother,’ said Alexey

Alexandrovitch severely.
Anna smiled. She knew that he said that simply to
show that family considerations could not prevent him
from expressing his genuine opinion. She knew that
characteristic in her husband, and liked it.
‘I am glad it has all ended so satisfactorily, And that you
are back again,’ he went on. ‘Come, what do they say
about the new act I have got passed in the council?’
Anna had heard nothing of this act, And she felt
conscience-stricken at having been able so readily to forget
what was to him of such importance.
‘Here, on the other hand, it has made a great sensation,’
he said, with a complacent smile.
She saw that Alexey Alexandrovitch wanted to tell her
something pleasant to him about it, and she brought him
by questions to telling it. With the same complacent smile
he told her of the ovations he had received in
consequence of the act the had passed.

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