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Anna Karenina

added, looking out of the window at the elegant English
carriage with the tiny seats placed extremely high. ‘What
elegance! Charming! Well, let us be starting too, then.’
Princess Tverskaya did not get out of her carriage, but

her groom, in high boots, a cape, and block hat, darted
out at the entrance.
‘I’m going; good-bye!’ said Anna, and kissing her son,
she went up to Alexey Alexandrovitch and held out her
hand to him. ‘It was ever so nice of you to come.’
Alexey Alexandrovitch kissed her hand.
‘Well, au revoir, then! You’ll come back for some tea;
that’s delightful!’ she said, and went out, gay and radiant.
But as soon as she no longer saw him, she was aware of
the spot on her hand that his lips had touched, and she
shuddered with repulsion.

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