The Age of Innocence



\"I hope you liked her, mother.\"

Mrs. Archer drew her lips together. \"She certainly lays herself out to please, even when she is calling on an old lady.\"

\"Mother doesn't think her simple,\" Janey interjected, her eyes screwed upon her brother's face.

\"It's just my old-fashioned feeling; dear May is my ideal,\" said Mrs. Archer.

\"Ah,\" said her son, \"they're not alike.\"


Archer had left St. Augustine charged with


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\"I hope you liked her, mother.\"

Mrs. Archer drew her lips together. \"She certainly lays herself out to please, even when she is calling on an old lady.\"

\"Mother doesn't think her simple,\" Janey interjected, her eyes screwed upon her brother's face.

\"It's just my old-fashioned feeling; dear May is my ideal,\" said Mrs. Archer.

\"Ah,\" said her son, \"they're not alike.\"


Archer had left St. Augustine charged with


552 of 1313