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But not only those ladies, almost everyone in the room, even the

Princess Myakaya and Betsy herself, looked several tieneral circle,

as though that were a disturbing fact Alexey Alexandrovitch was

the only person who did not once look in that direction, and was

not diverted fro the disagreeable i made on

everyone, Princess Betsy slipped someone else into her place to

listen to Alexey Alexandrovitch, and went up to Anna

"I'm always auage," she said "The rasp when he's speaking"

"Oh, yes!" said Anna, radiant with a s a word of what Betsy had said She crossed over to

the big table and took part in the general conversation

Alexey Alexandrovitch, after staying half an hour, went up to his

wife and suggested that they should go ho at hi to supper

Alexey Alexandrovitch made his bows and withdrew

The fat old Tatar, Mada one of her pair of grays, chilled with the

cold and rearing at the entrance A foote door The hall porter stood holding open the great door

of the house Anna Arkadyevna, with her quick little hand, was

unfastening the lace of her sleeve, caught in the hook of her fur

cloak, and with bent head listening to the words Vronsky murmured

as he escorted her down