The Age of Innocence



\"That shows you wanted me to,\" he returned, with a disproportionate joy in their nonsense. The white glitter of the trees filled the air with its own mysterious brightness, and as they walked on over the snow the ground seemed to sing under their feet.

\"Where did you come from?\" Madame Olenska asked.

He told her, and added: \"It was because I got your note.\"

After a pause she said, with a just perceptible chill in her voice: \"May asked you to take care of me.\"


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\"That shows you wanted me to,\" he returned, with a disproportionate joy in their nonsense. The white glitter of the trees filled the air with its own mysterious brightness, and as they walked on over the snow the ground seemed to sing under their feet.

\"Where did you come from?\" Madame Olenska asked.

He told her, and added: \"It was because I got your note.\"

After a pause she said, with a just perceptible chill in her voice: \"May asked you to take care of me.\"


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