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Anna Karenina

‘That you may do tomorrow, tomorrow and nothing
more! Nothing, nothing, silence,’ said Levin, and muffing
him once more in his fur coat, he added: ‘I do like you so!
Well, is it possible for me to be present at the meeting?’

‘Of course it is.’
‘What is your discussion about today?’ asked Levin,
never ceasing smiling.
They arrived at the meeting. Levin heard the secretary
hesitatingly read the minutes which he obviously did not
himself understand; but Levin saw from this secretary’s
face what a good, nice, kind-hearted person he was. This
was evident from his confusion and embarrassment in
reading the minutes. Then the discussion began. They
were disputing about the misappropriation of certain sums
and the laying of certain pipes, and Sergey Ivanovitch was
very cutting to two members, and said something at great
length with an air of triumph; and another member,
scribbling something on a bit of paper, began timidly at
first, but afterwards answered him very viciously and
delightfully. And then Sviazhsky (he was there too) said
something too, very handsomely and nobly. Levin listened
to them, and saw clearly that these missing sums and these
pipes were not anything real, and that they were not at all
angry, but were all the nicest, kindest people, and

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