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He knew she was there by the rapture and the terror that seized

on his heart She was standing talking to a lady at the opposite

end of the ground There was apparently nothing striking either

in her dress or her attitude But for Levin she was as easy to

find in that crowd as a rose aht by her She was the sht on all round

her "Is it possible I can go over there on the ice, go up to

her?" he thought The place where she stood seemed to him a holy

shrine, unapproachable, and there was one , so overwhelmed was he with terror He had to

make an effort to master himself, and to re about her, and that he toowhile avoiding

looking at her as at the sun, but seeing her, as one does the

sun, without looking

On that day of the week and at that time of day people of one

set, all acquainted with one another, used tooff their skill, and

learners clinging to chairs with ti with hygienic motives They sees because they were here,

near her All the skaters, it seemed, with perfect

self-possession, skated towards her, skated by her, even spoke to

her, and were happy, quite apart fro the capital

ice and the fine weather