She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she — Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
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She rose too, not as if to meet him or to flee from him, but quietly, as though the worst of the task were done and she had only to wait; so quietly that, as he came close, her outstretched hands acted not as a check but as a guide to him.

— Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
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