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"Even after e?" said the ambassador's wife playfully

"'It's never too late to lish proverb

"Just so," Betsy agreed; "one must make mistakes and correct

them What do you think about it?" she turned to Anna, ith

a faintly perceptible resolute s

in silence to the conversation

"I think," said Anna, playing with the glove she had taken off,

"I thinkof so many men, so many minds, certainly soat Anna, and with a fainting heart waiting for

what she would say He sighed as after a danger escaped when she

uttered these words

Anna suddenly turned to him

"Oh, I have had a letter from Moscow They write me that Kitty

Shtcherbatskaya's very ill"

"Really?" said Vronsky, knitting his brows

Anna looked sternly at him

"That doesn't interest you?"

"On the contrary, it does, very much What was it exactly they

told you, if I ot up and went to Betsy

"Giveat her table

While Betsy was pouring out the tea, Vronsky went up to Anna