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"Of course I' subscriptions Oh, did you make the

acquaintance of my friend Levin?" asked Stepan Arkadyevitch

"Yes; but he left rather early"

"He's a capital fellow," pursued Oblonsky "Isn't he?"

"I don't knohy it is," responded Vronsky, "in all Moscow

people--present coly, "there's so They are all on

the defensive, lose their te"

"Yes, that's true, it is so," said Stepan Arkadyevitch, laughing

good-humoredly

"Will the train soon be in?" Vronsky asked a railway official

"The train's signaled," answered the man

The approach of the train was more and more evident by the

preparatory bustle in the station, the rush of porters, the

the

train Through the frosty vapor could be seen work the rails of the curving

line The hiss of the boiler could be heard on the distant

rails, and the ru heavy