The Age of Innocence

ivory fan between her mittened fingers; but suddenly she lifted her head and listened.

\"Here she comes,\" she said in a rapid whisper; and then, pointing to the bouquet on the sofa: \"Am I to understand that you prefer THAT, Mr. Archer? After all, marriage is marriage ... and my niece is still a wife...\"


XVIII.

\"What are you two plotting together, aunt Medora?\" Madame Olenska cried as she came into the room.

She was dressed


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ivory fan between her mittened fingers; but suddenly she lifted her head and listened.

\"Here she comes,\" she said in a rapid whisper; and then, pointing to the bouquet on the sofa: \"Am I to understand that you prefer THAT, Mr. Archer? After all, marriage is marriage ... and my niece is still a wife...\"


XVIII.

\"What are you two plotting together, aunt Medora?\" Madame Olenska cried as she came into the room.

She was dressed


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