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Anna Karenina

sympathy of Marya Philimonovna she decided that this
should take place now in the summer.
For several days before, Darya Alexandrovna was busily
deliberating on how to dress all the children. Frocks were

made or altered and washed, seams and flounces were let
out, buttons were sewn on, and ribbons got ready. One
dress, Tanya’s, which the English governess had
undertaken, cost Darya Alexandrovna much loss of
temper. The English governess in altering it had made the
seams in the wrong place, had taken up the sleeves too
much, and altogether spoilt the dress. It was so narrow on
Tanya’s shoulders that it was quite painful to look at her.
But Marya Philimonovna had the happy thought of
putting in gussets, and adding a little shoulder-cape. The
dress was set right, but there was nearly a quarrel with the
English governess. On the morning, however, all was
happily arranged, and towards ten o’clock—the time at
which they had asked the priest to wait for them for the
mass—the children in their new dresses, with beaming
faces stood on the step before the carriage waiting for their
mother.
To the carriage, instead of the restive Raven, they had
harnessed, thanks to the representations of Marya
Philimonovna, the bailiff’s horse, Brownie, and Darya

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