The Age of Innocence

don't they,\" he went on, \"that the secretary helped her to get away from her brute of a husband, who kept her practically a prisoner? Well, what if he did? I hope there isn't a man among us who wouldn't have done the same in such a case.\"

Mr. Jackson glanced over his shoulder to say to the sad butler: \"Perhaps ... that sauce ... just a little, after all—\"; then, having helped himself, he remarked: \"I'm told she's looking for a house. She means to live here.\"


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don't they,\" he went on, \"that the secretary helped her to get away from her brute of a husband, who kept her practically a prisoner? Well, what if he did? I hope there isn't a man among us who wouldn't have done the same in such a case.\"

Mr. Jackson glanced over his shoulder to say to the sad butler: \"Perhaps ... that sauce ... just a little, after all—\"; then, having helped himself, he remarked: \"I'm told she's looking for a house. She means to live here.\"


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