The Age of Innocence

if I don't do it systematically; and if I join you later, of course I shall miss my drive.\" At the thought he laid down his knife and fork again, and a flush of anxiety rose to his finely-wrinkled cheek.

\"There's no reason why you should go at all, my dear,\" his wife answered with a cheerfulness that had become automatic. \"I have some cards to leave at the other end of Bellevue Avenue, and I'll drop in at about half-past


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if I don't do it systematically; and if I join you later, of course I shall miss my drive.\" At the thought he laid down his knife and fork again, and a flush of anxiety rose to his finely-wrinkled cheek.

\"There's no reason why you should go at all, my dear,\" his wife answered with a cheerfulness that had become automatic. \"I have some cards to leave at the other end of Bellevue Avenue, and I'll drop in at about half-past


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