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Anna Karenina

as he liked, and he began waving his stick at him. It’s
simply a scandal!’
‘Oh, how unpleasant!’ said the princess. ‘Well, and
how did it end?’

‘Luckily at that point that...the one in the mushroom
hat... intervened. A Russian lady, I think she is,’ said the
colonel.
‘Mademoiselle Varenka?’ asked Kitty.
‘Yes, yes. She came to the rescue before anyone; she
took the man by the arm and led him away.’
‘There, mamma,’ said Kitty; ‘you wonder that I’m
enthusiastic about her.’
The next day, as she watched her unknown friend,
Kitty noticed that Mademoiselle Varenka was already on
the same terms with Levin and his companion as with her
other proteges. She went up to them, entered into
conversation with them, and served as interpreter for the
woman, who could not speak any foreign language.
Kitty began to entreat her mother still more urgently to
let her make friends with Varenka. And, disagreeable as it
was to the princess to seem to take the first step in wishing
to make the acquaintance of Madame Stahl,who thought
fit to give herself airs, she made inquiries about Varenka,
and, having ascertained particulars about her tending to

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