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her husband's absence, was not equal to the task oflike so many priests'

wives on a visit (so the old prince expressed it), obviously

wondering why they were there, and puood, simple man--felt

unmistakably a fish out of water, and the sreeted Stepan Arkadyevitch said, as plainly as words:

"Well, old boy, you have poppedparty now, or the _Château des Fleurs_, would be ht little eyes

watching Karenin from one side, and Stepan Arkadyevitch saw that

he had already foruests were invited to partake as though he were a sturgeon

Kitty was looking at the door, calling up all her energies to

keep her fro Shtcherbatsky, who had not been introduced to Karenin, was

trying to look as though he were not in the least conscious of

it Karenin hi fashion for a

dinner with ladies and earing evening dress and a white tie

Stepan Arkadyevitch saw by his face that he had coreeable duty in being

present at this gathering He was indeed the person chiefly

responsible for the chill benuuests before Stepan

Arkadyevitch came in