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"He sat bowed over, his head between his hands, staring at the hearthrug, and at the tip of the satin shoe that showed under her dress. Suddenly he knelt down and kissed the shoe.
She bent over him, laying her hands on his shoulders, and looking at him with eyes so deep that he remained motionless under her gaze."

ughh 😩🥲 a man's place fr 3

the sexual tension of ellen "just touching [newland's] knee with her plumed fan" 😩

'Mrs. Archer, who was fond of coining her social philosophy into axioms, had once said: "We all have our pet common people—" and though the phrase was a daring one, its truth was secretly admitted in many an exclusive bosom.' 😭

that's exactly what i imagine someone named newland archer would be like