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Chapter 9

           ButforLevinshewasaseasytofindinthatcrowdasaroseamongnettles.Everythingwasmadebrightbyher.Shewasthesmilethatshedlightonallroundher.“IsitpossibleIcangooverthereontheice,gouptoher?”hethought.Theplacewhereshestoodseemedtohimaholyshrine,unapproachable,andtherewasonemomentwhenhewasalmostretreating,sooverwhelmedwashewithterror.Hehadtomakeanefforttomasterhimself,andtoremindhimselfthatpeopleofallsortsweremovingabouther,andthathetoomightcometheretoskate.Hewalkeddown,foralongwhileavoidinglookingatherasatthesun,butseeingher,asonedoesthesun,withoutlooking.

           Onthatdayoftheweekandatthattimeofdaypeopleofoneset,allacquaintedwithoneanother,usedtomeetontheice.Therewerecrackskatersthere,showingofftheirskill,andlearnersclingingtochairswithtimid,awkwardmovements,boys,andelderlypeopleskatingwithhygienicmotives.TheyseemedtoLevinanelectbandofblissfulbeingsbecausetheywerehere,nearher.Alltheskaters,itseemed,withperfectself-possession,skatedtowardsher,skatedbyher,evenspoketoher,andwerehappy,quiteapartfromher,enjoyingthecapitaliceandthefineweather.

           NikolayShtcherbatsky,Kitty’scousin,inashortjacketandtighttrousers,wassittingonagardenseatwithhisskateson.SeeingLevin,heshoutedtohim:

           “Ah,thefirstskaterinRussia!Beenherelong?First-rateicedoputyourskateson.

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