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Kitty, too, did not come, sending a note that she had a headache.

Dolly and Anna dined alone with the children and the English

governess. Whether it was that the children were fickle, or that

they had acute senses, and felt that Anna was quite different

that day from what she had been when they had taken such a fancy

to her, that she was not now interested in them,-but they had

abruptly dropped their play with their aunt, and their love for

her, and were quite indifferent that she was going away. Anna was

absorbed the whole morning in preparations for her departure. She

wrote notes to her Moscow acquaintances, put down her accounts,

and packed. Altogether Dolly fancied she was not in a placid

state of mind, but in that worried mood, which Dolly knew well

with herself, and which does not come without cause, and for the

most part covers dissatisfaction with self. After dinner, Anna

went up to her room to dress, and Dolly followed her.

"How queer you are today!" Dolly said to her.