The Age of Innocence

of the blue sky and the lazy river. They sat down on a bench under the orange-trees and he put his arm about her and kissed her. It was like drinking at a cold spring with the sun on it; but his pressure may have been more vehement than he had intended, for the blood rose to her face and she drew back as if he had startled her.

\"What is it?\" he asked, smiling; and she looked at him with surprise, and answered: \"Nothing.\"


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of the blue sky and the lazy river. They sat down on a bench under the orange-trees and he put his arm about her and kissed her. It was like drinking at a cold spring with the sun on it; but his pressure may have been more vehement than he had intended, for the blood rose to her face and she drew back as if he had startled her.

\"What is it?\" he asked, smiling; and she looked at him with surprise, and answered: \"Nothing.\"


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