The Age of Innocence



As the words sprang out he was prepared for an answering flare of anger; and he would have welcomed it as fuel for his own. But Madame Olenska only grew a shade paler, and stood with her arms hanging down before her, and her head slightly bent, as her way was when she pondered a question.

\"He's waiting for you now at Mrs. Struthers's; why don't you go to him?\" Archer sneered.

She turned to ring the bell. \"I shall not go


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As the words sprang out he was prepared for an answering flare of anger; and he would have welcomed it as fuel for his own. But Madame Olenska only grew a shade paler, and stood with her arms hanging down before her, and her head slightly bent, as her way was when she pondered a question.

\"He's waiting for you now at Mrs. Struthers's; why don't you go to him?\" Archer sneered.

She turned to ring the bell. \"I shall not go


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