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Anna Karenina

‘Yes, how can you go alone at night like this?’ chimed
in the princess. ‘Anyway, I’ll send Parasha.’
Kitty saw that Varenka could hardly restrain a smile at
the idea that she needed an escort.

‘No, I always go about alone and nothing ever happens
to me,’ she said, taking her hat. And kissing Kitty once
more, without saying what was important, she stepped out
courageously with the music under her arm and vanished
into the twilight of the summer night, bearing away with
her her secret of what was important and what gave her
the calm and dignity so much to be envied.

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