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"No, Alexey Alexandrovitch; I brought Anna and I promised to take

her ho courteously but looking

her very firmly in the face, "but I see that Anna's not very

well, and I wish her to cohtened way, got up submissively,

and laid her hand on her husband's arm

"I'll send to him and find out, and let you know," Betsy

whispered to her

As they left the pavilion, Alexey Alexandrovitch, as always,

talked to those he met, and Anna had, as always, to talk and

answer; but she was utterly beside herself, and h in a dream

"Is he killed or not? Is it true? Will he co

She took her seat in her husband's carriage in silence, and in

silence drove out of the crowd of carriages In spite of all he

had seen, Alexey Alexandrovitch still did not allow himself to

consider his wife's real condition He merely saw the outward

syly, and

considered it his duty to tell her so But it was very difficult