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Anna Karenina

everything was as happy and charming as possible among
them. They did no harm to anyone, and were all enjoying
it. What struck Levin was that he could see through them
all today, and from little, almost imperceptible signs knew

the soul of each, and saw distinctly that they were all good
at heart. And Levin himself in particular they were all
extremely fond of that day. That was evident from the
way they spoke to him, from the friendly, affectionate way
even those he did not know looked at him.
‘Well, did you like it?’ Sergey Ivanovitch asked him.
‘Very much. I never supposed it was so interesting!
Capital! Splendid!’
Sviazhsky went up to Levin and invited him to come
round to tea with him. Levin was utterly at a loss to
comprehend or recall what it was he had disliked in
Sviazhsky, what he had failed to find in him. He was a
clever and wonderfully good-hearted man.
‘Most delighted,’ he said, and asked after his wife and
sister-in-law. And from a queer association of ideas,
because in his imagination the idea of Sviazhsky’s sister-in-
law was connected with marriage, it occurred to him that
there was no one to whom he could more suitably speak
of his happiness, and he was very glad to go and see them.

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