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"Here you are at last!" she observed, holding out her hand to

hiether then, I see your visit was a success," he said to

her

"Oh, yes," she said, and she began telling hi: her journey with Countess Vronskaya, her

arrival, the accident at the station Then she described the

pity she had felt, first for her brother, and afterwards for

Dolly

"I ih he

is your brother," said Alexey Alexandrovitch severely

Anna smiled She knew that he said that simply to show that

fa his

genuine opinion She knew that characteristic in her husband,

and liked it

"I alad it has all ended so satisfactorily, and that you are

back again," he went on "Coot passed in the council?"

Anna had heard nothing of this act, And she felt

conscience-stricken at having been able so readily to forget what

was to him of such ireat sensation," he

said, with a complacent smile

She saw that Alexey Alexandrovitch wanted to tell her soht hi it With the same complacent smile he told her of the

ovations he had received in consequence of the act he had

passed

"I was very, very glad It shows that at last a reasonable and