Part 1, Chapter 22
Kitty sees Anna in black velvet and recognizes "something uncanny and devilish" in her charm; Vronsky's face shows the look of a beaten dog before Anna.
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From Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The ball where Anna eclipses Kitty and Vronsky abandons her for Anna, a turning point initiating the central affair and Kitty's collapse.
Part 1, Chapter 23
Kitty's devastation as Anna and Vronsky waltz: "she saw their happiness only in his face, and her own feeling of horror."
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