The Age of Innocence

in language. When he fulminated against fashionable society he always spoke of its \"trend\"; and to Mrs. Archer it was terrifying and yet fascinating to feel herself part of a community that was trending.

\"There's no doubt that Dr. Ashmore is right: there IS a marked trend,\" she said, as if it were something visible and measurable, like a crack in a house.

\"It was odd, though, to preach about it on Thanksgiving,\" Miss Jackson


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in language. When he fulminated against fashionable society he always spoke of its \"trend\"; and to Mrs. Archer it was terrifying and yet fascinating to feel herself part of a community that was trending.

\"There's no doubt that Dr. Ashmore is right: there IS a marked trend,\" she said, as if it were something visible and measurable, like a crack in a house.

\"It was odd, though, to preach about it on Thanksgiving,\" Miss Jackson


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