“It was the old New York way…the way people who dreaded scandal more  than disease, who placed decency above courage, and who considered that  nothing was more ill-bred than “scenes”, except those who gave rise to  them. ”
~ Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence

(photo: via NYU archives)

“It was the old New York way…the way people who dreaded scandal more than disease, who placed decency above courage, and who considered that nothing was more ill-bred than “scenes”, except those who gave rise to them. ”

~ Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence


(photo: via NYU archives)

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