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Alexey Alexandrovitch ca of the ministers

at four o'clock, but as often happened, he had not time to come

in to her He went into his study to see the people waiting for

hiht him by his

chief secretary At dinner ti with the Karenins) there arrived an old lady, a cousin of

Alexey Alexandrovitch, the chief secretary of the depart man who had been recommended to Alexey

Alexandrovitch for the service Anna went into the drawing roouests Precisely at five o'clock, before the

bronze Peter the First clock had struck the fifth stroke, Alexey

Alexandrovitch ca coat with

two stars, as he had to go out directly after dinner Every

minute of Alexey Alexandrovitch's life was portioned out and

occupied And to h all that lay before

him every day, he adhered to the strictest punctuality

"Unhasting and unresting," was his reeted everyone, and hurriedly sat down, s to

his wife

"Yes, my solitude is over You wouldn't believe how

uncomfortable" (he laid stress on the word _uncomfortable_) "it

is to dine alone"

At dinner he talked a little to his wife about Moscow matters,

and, with a sarcastic smile, asked her after Stepan Arkadyevitch;

but the conversation was for theofficial and public news After dinner he spent half

an hour with his guests, and again, with a smile, pressed his