The Age of Innocence



Miss Welland's face grew rosy as the dawn, and she looked at him with radiant eyes. \"If you can persuade Mamma,\" she said; \"but why should we change what is already settled?\" He made no answer but that which his eyes returned, and she added, still more confidently smiling: \"Tell my cousin yourself: I give you leave. She says she used to play with you when you were children.\"

She made way for him by pushing back her chair,


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Miss Welland's face grew rosy as the dawn, and she looked at him with radiant eyes. \"If you can persuade Mamma,\" she said; \"but why should we change what is already settled?\" He made no answer but that which his eyes returned, and she added, still more confidently smiling: \"Tell my cousin yourself: I give you leave. She says she used to play with you when you were children.\"

She made way for him by pushing back her chair,


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