The Age of Innocence

report of threatened insolvency Beaufort replied by a fresh extravagance: the building of a new row of orchid-houses, the purchase of a new string of race-horses, or the addition of a new Meissonnier or Cabanel to his picture-gallery.

He advanced toward the Marchioness and Newland with his usual half-sneering smile. \"Hullo, Medora! Did the trotters do their business? Forty minutes, eh? ... Well, that's not so bad, considering


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report of threatened insolvency Beaufort replied by a fresh extravagance: the building of a new row of orchid-houses, the purchase of a new string of race-horses, or the addition of a new Meissonnier or Cabanel to his picture-gallery.

He advanced toward the Marchioness and Newland with his usual half-sneering smile. \"Hullo, Medora! Did the trotters do their business? Forty minutes, eh? ... Well, that's not so bad, considering


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