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"But who is a cheat?" said Varenka reproachfully "You speak as

if"

But Kitty was in one of her gusts of fury, and she would not let

her finish

"I don't talk about you, not about you at all You're

perfection Yes, yes, I know you're all perfection; but what am

I to do if I'm bad? This would never have been if I weren't bad

So let me be what I am I won't be a sham What have I to do

with Anna Pavlovna? Let theo mine I

can't be different And yet it's not that, it's not that"

"What is not that?" asked Varenka in bewilder I can't act except from the heart, and you act

from principle I liked you simply, but you most likely only

wanted to save me, to improveof other people, I' of myself"

"Kitty," they heard her mother's voice, "cohty air, withoutpeace with her friend,

took the necklace in a little box from the table and went to her

mother

"What's the matter? Why are you so red?" her ," she answered "I'll be back directly," and she ran

back