The Age of Innocence

unbuttoned her tight brown glove, and kissed her palm as if he had kissed a relic. She disengaged herself with a faint smile, and he said: \"You didn't expect me today?\"

\"Oh, no.\"

\"I meant to go to Washington to see you. I'd made all my arrangements—I very nearly crossed you in the train.\"

\"Oh—\" she exclaimed, as if terrified by the narrowness of their escape.

\"Do you know—I hardly remembered you?\"

\"Hardly remembered me?\"


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unbuttoned her tight brown glove, and kissed her palm as if he had kissed a relic. She disengaged herself with a faint smile, and he said: \"You didn't expect me today?\"

\"Oh, no.\"

\"I meant to go to Washington to see you. I'd made all my arrangements—I very nearly crossed you in the train.\"

\"Oh—\" she exclaimed, as if terrified by the narrowness of their escape.

\"Do you know—I hardly remembered you?\"

\"Hardly remembered me?\"


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