The Age of Innocence

The ladies were on the threshold and she held out her hand.

\"Good-bye; come and see me some day,\" she said, still looking at Archer.

In the carriage, on the way down Fifth Avenue, they talked pointedly of Mrs. Mingott, of her age, her spirit, and all her wonderful attributes. No one alluded to Ellen Olenska; but Archer knew that Mrs. Welland was thinking: \"It's a mistake for Ellen to be seen, the very day after her arrival,


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The ladies were on the threshold and she held out her hand.

\"Good-bye; come and see me some day,\" she said, still looking at Archer.

In the carriage, on the way down Fifth Avenue, they talked pointedly of Mrs. Mingott, of her age, her spirit, and all her wonderful attributes. No one alluded to Ellen Olenska; but Archer knew that Mrs. Welland was thinking: \"It's a mistake for Ellen to be seen, the very day after her arrival,


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