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Updated: June 4, 2025

It was by a mere genealogical accident that Lizzie, falling just within the golden circle, found herself possessed of a pittance sufficient to release her from the prospect of a long gray future in Mme. Clopin's pension. The release had seemed wonderful at first; yet she presentlyfound that it had destroyed her former world without giving her anew one.

Edith Wharton - Tales of Men and Ghosts