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Anna Karenina
Chapter 5
In the church there was all Moscow, all the friends and
relations; and during the ceremony of plighting troth, in
the brilliantly lighted church, there was an incessant flow
of discreetly subdued talk in the circle of gaily dressed
women and girls, and men in white ties, frockcoats, and
uniforms. The talk was principally kept up by the men,
while the women were absorbed in watching every detail
of the ceremony, which always means so much to them.
In the little group nearest to the bride were her two
sisters: Dolly, and the other one, the self-possessed beauty,
Madame Lvova, who had just arrived from abroad.
‘Why is it Marie’s in lilac, as bad as black, at a
wedding?’ said Madame Korsunskaya.
‘With her complexion, it’s the one salvation,’
responded Madame Trubetskaya. ‘I wonder why they had
the wedding in the evening? It’s like shop-people..’
‘So much prettier. I was married in the evening too...’
answered Madame Korsunskaya, and she sighed,
remembering how charming she had been that day, and
how absurdly in love her husband was, and how different
it all was now.
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