Anna spoke not only naturally and intelligently, but intelligently and…

Leo Tolstoy
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Anna spoke not only naturally and intelligently, but intelligently and casually, without attaching any value to her own thoughts, yet giving great value to the thoughts of the one she was talking to.
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