The Age of Innocence



\"May is a darling; I've seen no young girl in New York so handsome and so intelligent. Are you very much in love with her?\"

Newland Archer reddened and laughed. \"As much as a man can be.\"

She continued to consider him thoughtfully, as if not to miss any shade of meaning in what he said, \"Do you think, then, there is a limit?\"

\"To being in love? If there is, I haven't found it!\"

She glowed with sympathy. \"Ah—it's really and truly a romance?\"


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\"May is a darling; I've seen no young girl in New York so handsome and so intelligent. Are you very much in love with her?\"

Newland Archer reddened and laughed. \"As much as a man can be.\"

She continued to consider him thoughtfully, as if not to miss any shade of meaning in what he said, \"Do you think, then, there is a limit?\"

\"To being in love? If there is, I haven't found it!\"

She glowed with sympathy. \"Ah—it's really and truly a romance?\"


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