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It was a Monday in early September, and he was returning to his work from a hurried dip into the country; but what was Miss Bart doing in town at that season? Her desultory air perplexed him. She stood apart from the crowd, letting it drift by her to the platform or the street, and wearing an air of irresolution which might, as he surmised, be the mask of a very de?nite purpose. It struck him at once that she was waiting for someone, but he hardly knew why the idea

arrested him. There was nothing new about Lily Bart, yet he could never see her without a faint movement of interest: it was characteristic of her that she always roused speculation, that her simplest acts seemed the result of far-reaching intentions.

An impulse of curiosity made him turn out of his direct line to the door, and stroll past her. He knew that if she did not wish to be seen she would contrive to elude him; and it amused him to think of putting her skill to the test. \Selden—what good luck!\

She came forward smiling, eager almost, in her resolve to intercept him. One or two persons, in brushing past them, lingered to look; for Miss Bart was a ?gure to arrest even the suburban traveller rushing to his last train.

Selden had never seen her more radiant. Her vivid head, relieved against the dull tints of the crowd, made her more conspicuous than in a ball-room, and under her dark hat and veil she regained the girlish smoothness, the purity of tint, that she was beginning to lose after eleven years of late hours and indefatigable dancing.

\rescue!\

He responded joyfully that to do so was his mission in life, and asked what form the rescue was to take.

\me. One sits out a cotillion—why not sit out a train? It isn't a bit hotter here than in Mrs. Van Osburgh's conservatory—and some of the women are not a bit uglier.\laughing, to explain that she had come up to town from Tuxedo, on her way to the Gus Trenors' at Bellomont, and had missed the three-?fteen train to Rhinebeck. \isn't another till half-past ?ve.\

jewelled watch among her laces. \I don't know what to do with myself. My maid came up this morning to do some shopping for me, and was to go on to Bellomont at one o'clock, and my aunt's house is closed, and I don't know a soul in town.\the station. \you can spare the time, do take me somewhere for a breath of air.\

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He declared himself entirely at her disposal: the adventure struck him as diverting. As a spectator, he had always

enjoyed Lily Bart; and his course lay so far out of her orbit that it amused him to be drawn for a moment into the sudden intimacy which her proposal implied.

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She smiled assentingly, and then made a slight grimace.\sure to meet a lot of bores. I'm as old as the hills, of course, and it ought not to make any difference; but if I'M old

enough, you're not,\but isn't there a quieter place?\

He answered her smile, which rested on him vividly. Her discretions interested him almost as much as her

imprudences: he was so sure that both were part of the same carefully-elaborated plan. In judging Miss Bart, he had always made use of the \

QUESTION 1 OF 11

Which choice best summarizes the passage?????????

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A The passage presents a portrait of two characters who decide to travel together B The passage explains the reasons for one character’s avoidance of a community C The passage captures one character’s fascination with another character D The passage describes a busy train station and the characters who inhabit it

QUESTION 2 OF 11

Over the course of the passage, Selden’s attitude shifts from????????

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A bewildered to curious. B dismayed to apprehensive. C amazed to anticipatory. D incredulous to indifferent.

QUESTION 3 OF 11

Which statement best characterizes the relationship between Selden and Lily?????????

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A Selden is skeptical of Lily and thinks she is hiding something from him B Selden is captivated by Lily and wants to spend more time with her C Selden is alarmed by Lily’s behavior and strains to understand her D Selden is smitten with Lily and begins to fall in love with her

QUESTION 4 OF 11

In the passage, Lily is characterized as someone who is??

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A intriguing and deliberate.

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