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Anna Karenina

mowing, however awkward he might feel about it with
his brother or the peasants.
Towards evening Konstantin Levin went to his
counting house, gave directions as to the work to be done,

and sent about the village to summon the mowers for the
morrow, to cut the hay in Kalinov meadow, the largest
and best of his grass lands.
‘And send my scythe, please, to Tit, for him to set it,
and bring it round tomorrow. I shall maybe do some
mowing myself too,’ he said trying not to be embarrassed.
The bailiff smiled and said: ‘Yes, sir.’
At tea the same evening Levin said to his brother:
‘I fancy the fine weather will last. Tomorrow I shall
start mowing.’
‘I’m so fond of that form of field labor,’ said Sergey
Ivanovitch.
‘I’m awfully fond of it. I sometimes mow myself with
the peasants, and tomorrow I want to try mowing the
whole day.’
Sergey Ivanovitch lifted his head, and looked with
interest at his brother.
‘How do you mean? Just like one of the peasants, all
day long?’
‘Yes, it’s very pleasant,’ said Levin.

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