The Age of Innocence



\"What did I come for, if I don't speak yours?\"

\"Oh, my friend—!\" She laid her hand lightly on his arm, and he pleaded earnestly: \"Ellen—why won't you tell me what's happened?\"

She shrugged again. \"Does anything ever happen in heaven?\"

He was silent, and they walked on a few yards without exchanging a word. Finally she said: \"I will tell you—but where, where, where? One can't be alone for a minute in that great seminary of a house,


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\"What did I come for, if I don't speak yours?\"

\"Oh, my friend—!\" She laid her hand lightly on his arm, and he pleaded earnestly: \"Ellen—why won't you tell me what's happened?\"

She shrugged again. \"Does anything ever happen in heaven?\"

He was silent, and they walked on a few yards without exchanging a word. Finally she said: \"I will tell you—but where, where, where? One can't be alone for a minute in that great seminary of a house,


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