The Age of Innocence

engaged the tie between the families was so firmly established that it was thought \"only right\" to send a wedding invitation to the two English ladies, who sent, in return, a pretty bouquet of pressed Alpine flowers under glass. And on the dock, when Newland and his wife sailed for England, Mrs. Archer's last word had been: \"You must take May to see Mrs. Carfry.\"

Newland and his wife had had no idea of obeying this injunction; but Mrs. Carfry,


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engaged the tie between the families was so firmly established that it was thought \"only right\" to send a wedding invitation to the two English ladies, who sent, in return, a pretty bouquet of pressed Alpine flowers under glass. And on the dock, when Newland and his wife sailed for England, Mrs. Archer's last word had been: \"You must take May to see Mrs. Carfry.\"

Newland and his wife had had no idea of obeying this injunction; but Mrs. Carfry,


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