The talk took refuge in less ominous topics; but everything they touched on seemed to confirm Mrs. Archer's sense of an accelerated trend.
\"Of course, Newland, I know you let dear May go to Mrs. Struthers's Sunday evenings—\" she began; and May interposed gaily: \"Oh, you know, everybody goes to Mrs. Struthers's now; and she was invited to Granny's last reception.\"
It was thus, Archer reflected, that New York managed its
The talk took refuge in less ominous topics; but everything they touched on seemed to confirm Mrs. Archer's sense of an accelerated trend.
\"Of course, Newland, I know you let dear May go to Mrs. Struthers's Sunday evenings—\" she began; and May interposed gaily: \"Oh, you know, everybody goes to Mrs. Struthers's now; and she was invited to Granny's last reception.\"
It was thus, Archer reflected, that New York managed its
