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Anna Karenina

‘But he sees this and knows it. And do you suppose it
weighs on him any less than on you? You’re wretched,
he’s wretched, and what good can come of it? while
divorce would solve the difficulty completely.’ With some

effort Stepan Arkadyevitch brought out his central idea,
and looked significantly at her.
She said nothing, and shook her cropped head in
dissent. But from the look in her face, that suddenly
brightened into its old beauty, he saw that if she did not
desire this, it was simply because it seemed to her
unattainable happiness.
‘I’m awfully sorry for you! And how happy I should be
if I could arrange things!’ said Stepan Arkadyevitch,
smiling more boldly. ‘Don’t speak, don’t say a word! God
grant only that I may speak as I feel. I’m going to him.’
Anna looked at him with dreamy, shining eyes, and
said nothing.

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