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Anna Karenina

was himself the same, and regarded it as a great merit to be
so. But for this prince he was an inferior, and his
contemptuous and indulgent attitude to him revolted him.
‘Brainless beef! can I be like that?’ he thought.

Be that as it might, when, on the seventh day, he
parted from the
prince, who was starting for Moscow, and received his
thanks, he was happy to be rid of his uncomfortable
position and the unpleasant reflection of himself. He said
good-bye to him at the station on their return from a bear
hunt, at which they had had a display of Russian prowess
kept up all night.

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