The Age of Innocence



She bowed her head, vanishing from him under her conniving hat-brim.

\"Why should we dream away another year? Look at me, dear! Don't you understand how I want you for my wife?\"

For a moment she remained motionless; then she raised on him eyes of such despairing dearness that he half-released her waist from his hold. But suddenly her look changed and deepened inscrutably. \"I'm not sure if I DO understand,\" she said. \"Is


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She bowed her head, vanishing from him under her conniving hat-brim.

\"Why should we dream away another year? Look at me, dear! Don't you understand how I want you for my wife?\"

For a moment she remained motionless; then she raised on him eyes of such despairing dearness that he half-released her waist from his hold. But suddenly her look changed and deepened inscrutably. \"I'm not sure if I DO understand,\" she said. \"Is


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