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It was her own evil assumptions that had done her in. She hadn't even considered the third possible explanation for his strange behavior—that he was a perfectly nice man, without an ounce of guile, just trying to be helpful. People helped people in California. Why hadn't she thought of that? She'd only been in New York a few weeks, and already she was turning hard and suspicious.

M. K. Hobson

The obsessive rules of etiquette struck Emily as mean-spirited, like the old trick of tying someone's shoelaces under the table. It was only fun if you liked watching people fall down.

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