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Anna Karenina

‘Not a bit. I’d no other way out of it. One of the two
had to be a fool. And, well, you know one can’t say that
of oneself.’
‘‘No one is satisfied with his fortune, and everyone is

satisfied with his wit.’’ The attache repeated the French
saying.
‘That’s just it, just it,’ Princess Myakaya turned to him.
‘But the point is that I won’t abandon Anna to your
mercies. She’s so nice, so charming. How can she help it if
they’re all in love with her, and follow her about like
shadows?’
‘Oh, I had no idea of blaming her for it,’ Anna’s friend
said in self-defense.
‘If no one follows us about like a shadow, that’s no
proof that we’ve any right to blame her.’
And having duly disposed of Anna’s friend, the Princess
Myakaya got up, and together with the ambassador’s wife,
joined the group at the table, where the conversation was
dealing with the king of Prussia.
‘What wicked gossip were you talking over there?’
asked Betsy.
‘About the Karenins. The princess gave us a sketch of
Alexey Alexandrovitch,’ said the ambassador’s wife with a
smile, as she sat down at the table.

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