The Age of Innocence

covering the embarrassed silence: \"The same as Rhinebeck? The Patroon's house? But it will be a hundred thousand times better—won't it, Newland? It's too dear and kind of Mr. van der Luyden to have thought of it.\"

And as they drove off, with the maid beside the coachman, and their shining bridal bags on the seat before them, she went on excitedly: \"Only fancy, I've never been inside it—have you? The van der Luydens show it to so few people. But they opened it for Ellen,


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covering the embarrassed silence: \"The same as Rhinebeck? The Patroon's house? But it will be a hundred thousand times better—won't it, Newland? It's too dear and kind of Mr. van der Luyden to have thought of it.\"

And as they drove off, with the maid beside the coachman, and their shining bridal bags on the seat before them, she went on excitedly: \"Only fancy, I've never been inside it—have you? The van der Luydens show it to so few people. But they opened it for Ellen,


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