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Anna Karenina

matter of grave and serious import. Alexey Alexandrovitch
only just managed to be back by five o’clock, his dinner-
hour, and after dining with his secretary, he invited him to
drive with him to his country villa and to the races.

Though he did not acknowledge it to himself, Alexey
Alexandrovitch always tried nowadays to secure the
presence of a third person in his interviews with his wife.

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