Newland Archer and Madame Olenska

Newland archer could not pretend to anything approach in the young english actor's romantic good looks. And miss daas was a tall, red haired woman of monumental build whose pale and pleasantly ugly face was utterly unlike ellen olenska's vivid countenance. Nor were archer and madame olenska two lovers parting in heartbroken silence. They were client and lawyer, separating after a talk which had given the lawyer the worst possible impression of the client's case. Wherein then lay the resemblance that made the young man's heart beat with a kind of retrospective excitement. Archer had always been inclined to think that chance and circumstance played a small part in shaping people's lots,