The Age of Innocence



Archer rose to go, and as his hand met Madame Olenska's he felt that she was waiting for him to make some allusion to her unanswered letter.

\"When can I see you?\" he asked, as she walked with him to the door of the room.

\"Whenever you like; but it must be soon if you want to see the little house again. I am moving next week.\"

A pang shot through him at the memory of his lamplit hours in the low-studded drawing-room. Few as they had been,


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Archer rose to go, and as his hand met Madame Olenska's he felt that she was waiting for him to make some allusion to her unanswered letter.

\"When can I see you?\" he asked, as she walked with him to the door of the room.

\"Whenever you like; but it must be soon if you want to see the little house again. I am moving next week.\"

A pang shot through him at the memory of his lamplit hours in the low-studded drawing-room. Few as they had been,


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