yourself so unselfishly to Madame Olenska. I told your cousin Henry he must really come to the rescue.\"
He was aware of smiling at her vaguely, and she added, as if condescending to his natural shyness: \"I've never seen May looking lovelier. The Duke thinks her the handsomest girl in the room.\"
IX.
The Countess Olenska had said \"after five\"; and at half after the hour Newland Archer rang the bell of the peeling stucco
yourself so unselfishly to Madame Olenska. I told your cousin Henry he must really come to the rescue.\"
He was aware of smiling at her vaguely, and she added, as if condescending to his natural shyness: \"I've never seen May looking lovelier. The Duke thinks her the handsomest girl in the room.\"
IX.
The Countess Olenska had said \"after five\"; and at half after the hour Newland Archer rang the bell of the peeling stucco