The Age of Innocence



He was touched, as he had been the evening before when she spoke of her need of guidance.

\"That's what your friends want you to feel. New York's an awfully safe place,\" he added with a flash of sarcasm.

\"Yes, isn't it? One feels that,\" she cried, missing the mockery. \"Being here is like—like—being taken on a holiday when one has been a good little girl and done all one's lessons.\"

The analogy was well meant, but did


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He was touched, as he had been the evening before when she spoke of her need of guidance.

\"That's what your friends want you to feel. New York's an awfully safe place,\" he added with a flash of sarcasm.

\"Yes, isn't it? One feels that,\" she cried, missing the mockery. \"Being here is like—like—being taken on a holiday when one has been a good little girl and done all one's lessons.\"

The analogy was well meant, but did


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