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"They were dead—those old ardors and raptures—and an unexuberant ghost did duty in their stead. What did it matter? The bait had done its work. These two were safe and snug in its trap."

"Arnold had welcomed back his wife, but rather with gentleness than ardor. Moments of ardor had come since, but between these moments was a kind of puzzled questioning of her, of himself, their love... As the days went by his gentleness and kindness deepened, his shade of doubtful hesitation disappeared... strident to recapture the love that had so shaken them only a year ago."

"If you had never loved you could be happy, loafing, idle, and alone, exploring new places, sufficient to yourself. Once committed to love, you couldn't... Love was the great taming emotion, perhaps the only taming emotion. It defeated all other desires in the end."

"Well... it's read by people who matter. It counts."
"Who are the people who matter, Arnold?" Denham asked, curious to discover the meaning of this phrase that she had frequently heard since coming to London. Probably in Andorra, no one had mattered much except to themselves. And how did they matter? And how is one paper more important than another? And what does important mean?

"Early in November, Denham was received into the Roman branch of the Catholic Church. Her instruction had been rapid and easy, for she had given no trouble and asked no questions—on the excellent grounds that were she to do so, she would have listen to the answers."

"The book went on... how Catholics regard the Bible, and then how the apostles regarded the New Testament All this 'regarding' — was it really necessary for her to inquire into?"
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