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And for the first time the idea clearly presented itself that it

was essential to put an end to this false position, and the

sooner the better. "Throw up everything, she and I, and hide

ourselves somewhere alone with our love," he said to himself.

Chapter 22

The rain did not last long, and by the time Vronsky arrived, his

shaft-horse trotting at full speed and dragging the trace-horses

galloping through the mud, with their reins hanging loose, the

sun had peeped out again, the roofs of the summer villas and the

old limetrees in the gardens on both sides of the principal

streets sparkled with wet brilliance, and from the twigs came a

pleasant drip and from the roofs rushing streams of water. He

thought no more of the shower spoiling the race course, but was

rejoicing now that-thanks to the rain-he would be sure to find

her at home and alone, as he knew that Alexey Alexandrovitch, who

had lately returned from a foreign watering place, had not moved

from Petersburg.