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While the train was stopping at the provincial town, Sergey

Ivanovitch did not go to the refreshment room, but walked up and

down the platform

The first time he passed Vronsky's compartment he noticed that

the curtain was drawn over the ; but as he passed it the

second time he saw the old countess at theShe beckoned

to Koznishev

"I' him as far as Kursk," she said

"Yes, so I heard," said Sergey Ivanovitch, standing at her

and peeping in "What a noble act on his part!" he added,

noticing that Vronsky was not in the compartment

"Yes, after his misfortune, as there for hiey Ivanovitch

"Ah, what I have been through! But do get in Ah, what I

have been through!" she repeated, when Sergey Ivanovitch had got

in and sat down beside her "You can't conceive it! For six

weeks he did not speak to anyone, and would not touch food

except when I implored him And not for onehe could have used

against hiround floor, but there was no

reckoning on anything You know, of course, that he had shot