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Anna Karenina

‘Oh, I’m very glad. The question’s decided!’ said
Stepan Arkadyevitch, smiling. ‘How silly men are, though,
in this position,’ he said to Tchirikov, when Levin, after
looking absently at him, had moved back to his bride.

‘Kitty, mind you’re the first to step on the carpet,’ said
Countess Nordston, coming up. ‘You’re a nice person!’
she said to Levin.
‘Aren’t you frightened, eh?’ said Marya Dmitrievna, an
old aunt.
‘Are you cold? You’re pale. Stop a minute, stoop
down,’ said Kitty’s sister, Madame Lvova, and with her
plump, handsome arms she smilingly set straight the
flowers on her head.
Dolly came up, tried to say something, but could not
speak, cried and then laughed unnaturally.
Kitty looked at all of them with the same absent eyes as
Levin.
Meanwhile the officiating clergy had got into their
vestments, and the priest and deacon came out to the
lectern, which stood in the forepart of the church. The
priest turned to Levin saying something. Levin did not
hear what the priest said.
‘Take the bride’s hand and lead her up,’ the best man
said to Levin.

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