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She walked across the drawing-room and went resolutely to him.

When she went into his study he was in official uniform,

obviously ready to go out, sitting at a little table on which he

rested his elbows, looking dejectedly before him. She saw him

before he saw her, and she saw that he was thinking of her.

On seeing her, he would have risen, but changed his mind, then

his face flushed hotly-a thing Anna had never seen before, and he

got up quickly and went to meet her, looking not at her eyes, but

above them at her forehead and hair. He went up to her, took her

by the hand, and asked her to sit down.