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Anna Karenina

offer the other cheek, I would give my cloak if my coat be
taken. I pray to God only not to take from me the bliss of
forgiveness!’
Tears stood in his eyes, and the luminous, serene look

in them impressed Vronsky.
‘This is my position: you can trample me in the mud,
make me the laughing-stock of the world, I will not
abandon her, and I will never utter a word of reproach to
you,’ Alexey Alexandrovitch went on. ‘My duty is clearly
marked for me; I ought to be with her, and I will be. If
she wishes to see you, I will let you know, but now I
suppose it would be better for you to go away.’
He got up, and sobs cut short his words. Vronsky too
was getting up, and in a stooping, not yet erect posture,
looked up at him from under his brows. He did not
understand Alexey Alexandrovitch’s feeling, but he felt
that it was something higher and even unattainable for
him with his view of life.

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