The Age of Innocence

and looking at him with eyes so deep that he remained motionless under her gaze.

\"Ah, don't let us undo what you've done!\" she cried. \"I can't go back now to that other way of thinking. I can't love you unless I give you up.\"

His arms were yearning up to her; but she drew away, and they remained facing each other, divided by the distance that her words had created. Then, abruptly, his anger overflowed.

\"And Beaufort? Is he to replace me?\"


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and looking at him with eyes so deep that he remained motionless under her gaze.

\"Ah, don't let us undo what you've done!\" she cried. \"I can't go back now to that other way of thinking. I can't love you unless I give you up.\"

His arms were yearning up to her; but she drew away, and they remained facing each other, divided by the distance that her words had created. Then, abruptly, his anger overflowed.

\"And Beaufort? Is he to replace me?\"


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