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thing of slyness and reserve in her manner, suggested a lovely half-grown
kitten, which would one day be a charming cat. Apparently she thought
it only proper to show an interest in the general conversation and to smile.
But against her own will, her eyes turned under their thick, long lashes to
her cousin, who was going away into the army, with such girlish, passionate
adoration, that her smile could not for one moment impose upon any
one, and it was clear that the kitten had only perched there to skip off more
energetically than ever and to play with her cousin as soon as they could,
like Boris and Natasha, get out of the drawing-room.
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