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Kitty felt that Anna was perfectly simple and was concealing

nothing, but that she had another higher world of interests

inaccessible to her, complex and poetic.

After dinner, when Dolly went away to her own room, Anna rose

quickly and went up to her brother, who was just lighting a

cigar.

"Stiva," she said to him, winking gaily, crossing him and

glancing towards the door, "go, and God help you."

He threw down the cigar, understanding her, and departed through

the doorway.