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"How spiteful you are today!"

"Not a bit I'd no other way out of it One of the two had to

be a fool And, well, you know one can't say that of oneself"

"'No one is satisfied with his fortune, and everyone is

satisfied with his wit'" The attaché repeated the French

saying

"That's just it, just it," Princess Myakaya turned to him "But

the point is that I won't abandon Anna to your mercies She's so

nice, so char How can she help it if they're all in love

with her, and follow her about like shadows?"

"Oh, I had no idea of bla her for it," Anna's friend said in

self-defense

"If no one follows us about like a shadow, that's no proof that

we've any right to bla duly disposed of Anna's friend, the Princess Myakaya

got up, and together with the aroup

at the table, where the conversation was dealing with the king of

Prussia

"What wicked gossip were you talking over there?" asked Betsy

"About the Karenins The princess gave us a sketch of Alexey