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| f7ad45a | Her mind was as destitute of beauty and mystery as the prairie school-house in which she had been educated; and her ideals seemed to Ralph as pathetic as the ornaments made of corks and cigar-bands with which her infant hands had been taught to adorn it. He was beginning to understand this, and learning to adapt himself to the narrow compass of her experience. | ralph-marvell superficiality undine-spragg | Edith Wharton | |
| 918722d | "What do you call the weak point?" He paused. "The fact that the average American looks down on his wife." | humor marriage relationships undine-spragg weak-point | Edith Wharton |