[The Awkward Age by Henry James]@TWC D-Link bookThe Awkward Age BOOK FIFTH 82/134
But she doesn't--she looks about three. She simply looks a baby." "Oh Duchess, you're really too particular!" he retorted, feeling that, as the trodden worm will turn, anxiety itself may sometimes tend to wit. She met him in her own way.
"I know what I mean.
My niece is a person _I_ call fresh.
It's warranted, as they say in the shops.
Besides," she went on, "if a married woman has been knocked about that's only a part of her condition.
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