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Anna Karenina

‘What nonsense, what nonsense!’ said Vronsky; but he
felt himself that there was no conviction in his voice.
‘But don’t let’s talk of it. Ring the bell, I’ll have tea.
And stay a little now; it’s not long I shall..’

But all at once she stopped. The expression of her face
instantaneously changed. Horror and excitement were
suddenly replaced by a look of soft, solemn, blissful
attention. He could not comprehend the meaning of the
change. She was listening to the stirring of the new life
within her.

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