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Anna Karenina

‘That’s to say, you think there’s a lack of something in
me?’
‘Perhaps so,’ said Levin. ‘But all the same I admire your
grandeur, and am proud that I’ve a friend in such a great

person. You’ve not answered my question, though,’ he
went on, with a desperate effort looking Oblonsky straight
in the face.
‘Oh, that’s all very well. You wait a bit, and you’ll
come to this yourself. It’s very nice for you to have over
six thousand acres in the Karazinsky district, and such
muscles, and the freshness of a girl of twelve; still you’ll be
one of us one day. Yes, as to your question, there is no
change, but it’s a pity you’ve been away so long.’
‘Oh, why so?’ Levin queried, panic-stricken.
‘Oh, nothing,’ responded Oblonsky. ‘We’ll talk it over.
But what’s brought you up to town?’
‘Oh, we’ll talk about that, too, later on,’ said Levin,
reddening again up to his ears.
‘All right. I see,’ said Stepan Arkadyevitch. ‘I should ask
you to come to us, you know, but my wife’s not quite the
thing. But I tell you what; if you want to see them,
they’re sure now to be at the Zoological Gardens from
four to five. Kitty skates. You drive along there, and I’ll

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