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I’d usually stay at theirs, since the grim, not to say insalubrious, atmosphere at mine hardly lent itself to romantic interludes

even more surprised when I saw the committee’s report, which was excellent, practically dithyrambic

the pearl necklace which he had presented to his wife on his return was as magnificent as such expiatory offerings are apt to be

Archer looked with a sort of vicarious envy at this eager impecunious young man who had fared so richly in his poverty.

these two they had sedulously avoided, in conformity with the old New York tradition that it was not “dignified” to force one’s self on the notice of one’s acquaintances in foreign countries