The Age of Innocence

\"that we should have met in the circumstances in which I find myself.\"

\"What circumstances?\" Archer asked, wondering a little crudely if he needed money.

M. Riviere continued to study him with tentative eyes. \"I have come, not to look for employment, as I spoke of doing when we last met, but on a special mission—\"

\"Ah—!\" Archer exclaimed. In a flash the two meetings had connected themselves in his mind. He paused to


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\"that we should have met in the circumstances in which I find myself.\"

\"What circumstances?\" Archer asked, wondering a little crudely if he needed money.

M. Riviere continued to study him with tentative eyes. \"I have come, not to look for employment, as I spoke of doing when we last met, but on a special mission—\"

\"Ah—!\" Archer exclaimed. In a flash the two meetings had connected themselves in his mind. He paused to


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