The Age of Innocence

out the patience of all her other relations just at the time when she most needed looking after and protecting from matrimonial perils.

\"But Dr. Carver—aren't you afraid of Dr. Carver? I hear he's been staying with you at the Blenkers'.\"

She smiled. \"Oh, the Carver danger is over. Dr. Carver is a very clever man. He wants a rich wife to finance his plans, and Medora is simply a good advertisement as a convert.\"

\"A convert to what?\"


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out the patience of all her other relations just at the time when she most needed looking after and protecting from matrimonial perils.

\"But Dr. Carver—aren't you afraid of Dr. Carver? I hear he's been staying with you at the Blenkers'.\"

She smiled. \"Oh, the Carver danger is over. Dr. Carver is a very clever man. He wants a rich wife to finance his plans, and Medora is simply a good advertisement as a convert.\"

\"A convert to what?\"


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