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Anna Karenina

‘Well, you did give it to us yesterday,’ said one of those
who had come in; ‘you didn’t let us get a wink of sleep all
night.’
‘Oh, didn’t we make a pretty finish!’ said Petritsky.

‘Volkov climbed onto the roof and began telling us how
sad he was. I said: ‘Let’s have music, the funeral march!’
He fairly dropped asleep on the roof over the funeral
march.’
‘Drink it up; you positively must drink the brandy, and
then seltzer water and a lot of lemon,’ said Yashvin,
standing over Petritsky like a mother making a child take
medicine, ‘and then a little champagne—just a small
bottle.’
‘Come, there’s some sense in that. Stop a bit, Vronsky.
We’ll all have a drink.’
‘No; good-bye all of you. I’m not going to drink
today.’
‘Why, are you gaining weight? All right, then we must
have it alone. Give us the seltzer water and lemon.’
‘Vronsky!’ shouted someone when he was already
outside.
‘Well?’
‘You’d better get your hair cut, it’ll weigh you down,
especially at the top.’

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