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1  Lily thought she understood the reason of the rebuff.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 2
2  She understood well enough the nature of the task before her.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 4
3  Lily understood the situation and could make allowances for it.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 10
4  She understood his motives, for her own course was guided by as nice calculations.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 2
5  Rosedale had remained over an hour, and she understood that it was now too late to hope for Selden.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 15
6  She understood only that before her lay a letter written by Bertha Dorset, and addressed, presumably, to Lawrence Selden.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 9
7  At the time, I understood that he was speculating with my own money: it was incredibly stupid of me, but I knew nothing of business.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 10
8  It was understood that Miss Bart should fill the gap in such emergencies, and she usually recognized the obligation without a murmur.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
9  She understood that Rosedale was ready to lend her money; and the longing to take advantage of his offer began to haunt her insidiously.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 10
10  The peculiar charm of her feeling for Selden was that she understood it; she could put her finger on every link of the chain that was drawing them together.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
11  Not that SHE ever understood: to this day she thinks that Aix didn't suit her, and mentions her having been sent there as proof of the incompetence of French doctors.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 1
12  Selden understood the symptoms: he recognized the fact that he was paying up, as there had always been a chance of his having to pay up, for the voluntary exclusions of his past.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 14
13  To a less illuminated intelligence Mrs. Bart's counsels might have been dangerous; but Lily understood that beauty is only the raw material of conquest, and that to convert it into success other arts are required.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 3
14  Gerty could smile now at her own early dream of her friend's renovation through adversity: she understood clearly enough that Lily was not of those to whom privation teaches the unimportance of what they have lost.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 8
15  She understood clearly enough that, even if she could ever learn to compete with hands formed from childhood for their special work, the small pay she received would not be a sufficient addition to her income to compensate her for such drudgery.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 10
16  Lily, perceiving all this, understood that he would marry her at once, on the sole condition of a reconciliation with Mrs. Dorset; and the temptation was the less easy to put aside because, little by little, circumstances were breaking down her dislike for Rosedale.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 11
17  She understood only that her modest investments were to be mysteriously multiplied without risk to herself; and the assurance that this miracle would take place within a short time, that there would be no tedious interval for suspense and reaction, relieved her of her lingering scruples.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 7
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