Anna Karenina - LimpidSoft

PART TWO CHAPTER 15
While they were saying this, Laska, with ears pricked up, was looking upwards at
the sky, and reproachfully at them.
“They have chosen a time to talk,” she was thinking. “It’s on the wing.... Here it
is, yes, it is. They’ll miss it,” thought Laska.
But at that very instant both suddenly heard a shrill whistle which, as it were,
smote on their ears, and both suddenly seized their guns and two flashes gleamed,
and two gangs sounded at the very same instant. The snipe flying high above instantly
folded its wings and fell into a thicket, bending down the delicate shoots.
“Splendid! Together!” cried Levin, and he ran with Laska into the thicket to look
for the snipe.
“Oh, yes, what was it that was unpleasant?” he wondered. “Yes, Kitty’s ill.... Well,
it can’t be helped; I’m very sorry,” he thought.
“She’s found it! Isn’t she a clever thing?” he said, taking the warm bird from
Laska’s mouth and packing it into the almost full game bag. “I’ve got it, Stiva!” he
shouted.
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