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Anna Karenina

the glow of the real diamond among glass imitations. This
glow shone out in her exquisite, truly enigmatic eyes. The
weary, and at the same time passionate, glance of those
eyes, encircled by dark rings, impressed one by its perfect

sincerity. Everyone looking into those eyes fancied he
knew her wholly, and knowing her, could not but love
her. At the sight of Anna, her whole face lighted up at
once with a smile of delight.
‘Ah, how glad I am to see you!’ she said, going up to
her. ‘Yesterday at the races all I wanted was to get to you,
but you’d gone away. I did so want to see you, yesterday
especially.
Wasn’t it awful?’ she said, looking at Anna with eyes
that seemed to lay bare all her soul.
‘Yes; I had no idea it would be so thrilling,’ said Anna,
blushing.
The company got up at this moment to go into the
garden.
‘I’m not going,’ said Liza, smiling and settling herself
close to Anna. ‘You won’t go either, will you? Who
wants to play croquet?’
‘Oh, I like it,’ said Anna.

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