The Age of Innocence

I wonder?\" he mused; and suddenly he said to himself: \"If she doesn't turn before that sail crosses the Lime Rock light I'll go back.\"

The boat was gliding out on the receding tide. It slid before the Lime Rock, blotted out Ida Lewis's little house, and passed across the turret in which the light was hung. Archer waited till a wide space of water sparkled between the last reef of the island and the stern of the boat; but still


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I wonder?\" he mused; and suddenly he said to himself: \"If she doesn't turn before that sail crosses the Lime Rock light I'll go back.\"

The boat was gliding out on the receding tide. It slid before the Lime Rock, blotted out Ida Lewis's little house, and passed across the turret in which the light was hung. Archer waited till a wide space of water sparkled between the last reef of the island and the stern of the boat; but still


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