The Age of Innocence

if I sometimes make these mistakes. I don't always remember that everything here is good that was—that was bad where I've come from.\" She looked down at her Viennese fan of eagle feathers, and he saw that her lips trembled.

\"I'm so sorry,\" he said impulsively; \"but you ARE among friends here, you know.\"

\"Yes—I know. Wherever I go I have that feeling. That's why I came home. I want to forget everything else, to become a complete American again,


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if I sometimes make these mistakes. I don't always remember that everything here is good that was—that was bad where I've come from.\" She looked down at her Viennese fan of eagle feathers, and he saw that her lips trembled.

\"I'm so sorry,\" he said impulsively; \"but you ARE among friends here, you know.\"

\"Yes—I know. Wherever I go I have that feeling. That's why I came home. I want to forget everything else, to become a complete American again,


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