The Age of Innocence


He handed her the box and lit a spill for her; and as the flame flashed up into her face she glanced at him with laughing eyes and said: \"What do you think of me in a temper?\"

Archer paused a moment; then he answered with sudden resolution: \"It makes me understand what your aunt has been saying about you.\"

\"I knew she'd been talking about me. Well?\"

\"She said you were used to all kinds of things—splendours and amusements


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He handed her the box and lit a spill for her; and as the flame flashed up into her face she glanced at him with laughing eyes and said: \"What do you think of me in a temper?\"

Archer paused a moment; then he answered with sudden resolution: \"It makes me understand what your aunt has been saying about you.\"

\"I knew she'd been talking about me. Well?\"

\"She said you were used to all kinds of things—splendours and amusements


597 of 1313