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Archer reddened to the temples but dared not move or speak: it was as if her words had been some rare butterfly that the least motion might drive off on startled wings, but that might gather a flock if it were left undisturbed.
Edith Wharton
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Edith Wharton
Age: 75 †
Born: 1862
Born: January 24
Died: 1937
Died: August 11
Novelist
Poet
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New York City
New York
Edith Newbold Jones
Edith Newbold Jones Wharton
Wings
Dared
Move
Flocks
Least
Gather
Words
Butterfly
Reddened
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Temples
Undisturbed
Speak
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Startled
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Archer
Might
Drive
Flock
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