The Age of Innocence



\"Oh\"—she murmured again, on a different note, as he stood looking down at her; and without rising she made a place for him on the bench.

\"I'm here on business—just got here,\" Archer explained; and, without knowing why, he suddenly began to feign astonishment at seeing her. \"But what on earth are you doing in this wilderness?\" He had really no idea what he was saying: he felt as if he were shouting at her across endless distances,


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\"Oh\"—she murmured again, on a different note, as he stood looking down at her; and without rising she made a place for him on the bench.

\"I'm here on business—just got here,\" Archer explained; and, without knowing why, he suddenly began to feign astonishment at seeing her. \"But what on earth are you doing in this wilderness?\" He had really no idea what he was saying: he felt as if he were shouting at her across endless distances,


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