The Age of Innocence

to be free—\" He was impressed by this light way of speaking of the formidable Catherine, and moved by the thought of what must have given Madame Olenska this thirst for even the loneliest kind of freedom. But the idea of Beaufort gnawed him.

\"I think I understand how you feel,\" he said. \"Still, your family can advise you; explain differences; show you the way.\"

She lifted her thin black eyebrows. \"Is New York such a labyrinth?


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to be free—\" He was impressed by this light way of speaking of the formidable Catherine, and moved by the thought of what must have given Madame Olenska this thirst for even the loneliest kind of freedom. But the idea of Beaufort gnawed him.

\"I think I understand how you feel,\" he said. \"Still, your family can advise you; explain differences; show you the way.\"

She lifted her thin black eyebrows. \"Is New York such a labyrinth?


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