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This elder son, too, was displeased with his younger brother He

did not distinguish what sort of love hisor passing (he kept a

ballet girl hih he was the father of a family, so he

was lenient in these matters), but he knew that this love affair

was vieith displeasure by those whom it was necessary to

please, and therefore he did not approve of his brother's

conduct

Besides the service and society, Vronsky had another great

interest--horses; he was passionately fond of horses

That year races and a steeplechase had been arranged for the

officers Vronsky had put his nalish

forward to the races with intense, though reserved, excitement

These two passions did not interfere with one another On the

contrary, he needed occupation and distraction quite apart from

his love, so as to recruit and rest hiitated him