poor child—far more harm than anywhere else!\" Instead, he answered, in a voice that sounded in his ears like Mr. Letterblair's: \"New York society is a very small world compared with the one you've lived in. And it's ruled, in spite of appearances, by a few people with—well, rather old-fashioned ideas.\"
She said nothing, and he continued: \"Our ideas about marriage and divorce are particularly old-fashioned. Our legislation favours divorce—our social customs don't.\"
poor child—far more harm than anywhere else!\" Instead, he answered, in a voice that sounded in his ears like Mr. Letterblair's: \"New York society is a very small world compared with the one you've lived in. And it's ruled, in spite of appearances, by a few people with—well, rather old-fashioned ideas.\"
She said nothing, and he continued: \"Our ideas about marriage and divorce are particularly old-fashioned. Our legislation favours divorce—our social customs don't.\"
