The Age of Innocence

holding her cigarette in her half-lifted hand. The expression of her face had not changed; and Archer remembered that he had before noticed her apparent incapacity for surprise.

\"You knew, then?\" he broke out.

She was silent for so long that the ash dropped from her cigarette. She brushed it to the floor. \"She has hinted about a letter: poor darling! Medora's hints—\"

\"Is it at your husband's request that she has arrived here suddenly?\"


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holding her cigarette in her half-lifted hand. The expression of her face had not changed; and Archer remembered that he had before noticed her apparent incapacity for surprise.

\"You knew, then?\" he broke out.

She was silent for so long that the ash dropped from her cigarette. She brushed it to the floor. \"She has hinted about a letter: poor darling! Medora's hints—\"

\"Is it at your husband's request that she has arrived here suddenly?\"


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