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As he approached her, his beautiful eyes shone with a specially

tender light, and with a faint, happy, andcarefully and respectfully

over her, he held out his s a feords to everyone, he sat doithout

once glancing at Levin, who had never taken his eyes off hi Levin

"Konstantin Dmitrievitch Levin, Count Alexey Kirillovitch

Vronsky"

Vronsky got up and, looking cordially at Levin, shook hands with

him

"I believe I was to have dined with you this winter," he said,

s his simple and open smile; "but you had unexpectedly left

for the country"

"Konstantin Dmitrievitch despises and hates town and us

townspeople," said Countess Nordston

"My words must make a deep impression on you, since you remember

them so well," said Levin, and, suddenly conscious that he had

said just the sa before, he reddened

Vronsky looked at Levin and Countess Nordston, and smiled

"Are you always in the country?" he inquired "I should think it

must be dull in the winter"

"It's not dull if one has work to do; besides, one's not dull by