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“Where do I come from?” he said, in answer to a question from the ambassador’s wife. “Well,
there’s no help for it, I must confess. From the opera bouffe. I do believe I’ve seen it a hundred
times, and always with fresh enjoyment. It’s exquisite! I know it’s disgraceful, but I go to sleep at
the opera, and I sit out the opera bouffe to the last minute, and enjoy it. This evening…”
He mentioned a French actress, and was going to tell something about her; but the ambassador’s
wife, with playful horror,shaiya money, cut him short.
“Please don’t tell us about that horror.”
“All right, I won’t especially as everyone knows those horrors.”
“And we should all go to see them if it were accepted as the correct thing, like the opera,” chimed
in Princess Myakaya.
Steps were heard at the door, and Princess Betsy, knowing it was Madame Karenina, glanced at
Vronsky. He was looking towards the door, and his face wore a strange new expression. Joyfully,
intently, and at the same time timidly, he gazed at the approaching figure, and slowly he rose to
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his feet. Anna walked into the drawing room. Holding herself extremely erect,silkroad gold, as always,rose zulie, looking
straight before her, and moving with her swift, resolute, and light step, that distinguished her from
all other society women, she crossed the short space to her hostess, shook hands with her, smiled,
and with the same smile looked around at Vronsky. Vronsky bowed low and pushed a chair up for
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rapidly greeting her acquaintances, and shaking the hands proffered to her, she addressed Princess
Betsy:
“I have been at Countess Lidia’s, and meant to have come here earlier, but I stayed on. Sir John
was there. He’s very interesting.”
“Oh, that’s this missionary?”
“Yes; he told us about the life in India, most interesting things.”
The conversation, interrupted by her coming in, flickered up again like the light of a lamp being
blown out.
“Sir John! Yes, Sir John; I’ve seen him. He speaks well. The Vlassieva girl’s quite in love with
him.”