The Age of Innocence



\"I want you to talk to me about May,\" she said.

Instead of answering her he asked: \"You knew the Duke before?\"

\"Oh, yes—we used to see him every winter at Nice. He's very fond of gambling—he used to come to the house a great deal.\" She said it in the simplest manner, as if she had said: \"He's fond of wild-flowers\"; and after a moment she added candidly: \"I think he's the dullest man I ever met.\"

This pleased her


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\"I want you to talk to me about May,\" she said.

Instead of answering her he asked: \"You knew the Duke before?\"

\"Oh, yes—we used to see him every winter at Nice. He's very fond of gambling—he used to come to the house a great deal.\" She said it in the simplest manner, as if she had said: \"He's fond of wild-flowers\"; and after a moment she added candidly: \"I think he's the dullest man I ever met.\"

This pleased her


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