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Chapter 25

           Oncemoreheperceivedinfrontofhimthesamebackandshorttail,andagainthesameswiftlymovingwhitelegsthatgotnofurtheraway.

           AttheverymomentwhenVronskythoughtthatnowwasthetimetoovertakeMahotin,Frou-Frouherself,understandinghisthoughts,withoutanyincitementonhispart,gainedgroundconsiderably,andbegangettingalongsideofMahotinonthemostfavorableside,closetotheinnercord.Mahotinwouldnotletherpassthatside.Vronskyhadhardlyformedthethoughtthathecouldperhapspassontheouterside,whenFrou-Froushiftedherpaceandbeganovertakinghimontheotherside.Frou-Frou’sshoulder,beginningbynowtobedarkwithsweat,wasevenwithGladiator’sback.Forafewlengthstheymovedevenly.Butbeforetheobstacletheywereapproaching,Vronskybeganworkingatthereins,anxioustoavoidhavingtotaketheoutercircle,andswiftlypassedMahotinjustuponthedeclivity.Hecaughtaglimpseofhismud-stainedfaceasheflashedby.Heevenfanciedthathesmiled.VronskypassedMahotin,buthewasimmediatelyawareofhimcloseuponhim,andheneverceasedhearingtheeven-thuddinghoofsandtherapidandstillquitefreshbreathingofGladiator.

           Thenexttwoobstacles,thewatercourseandthebarrier,wereeasilycrossed,butVronskybegantohearthesnortingandthudofGladiatorcloseruponhim.Heurgedonhismare,andtohisdelightfeltthatsheeasilyquickenedherpace,andthethudofGladiator’shoofswasagainheardatthesamedistanceaway.

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