The burden of her flesh had made it long since impossible to go up and down stairs. So,...
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The burden of her flesh had made it long since impossible to go up and down stairs. So, with characteristic independence, she had established herself on the ground floor of her house. From a sitting room, there was an unexpected vista of her bedroom. Her visitors were startled and fascinated by the foreignness of this arrangement - which recalled scenes in French fiction. This was how women with lovers lived in the wicked old societies
The burden of her flesh had made it long since impossible to go up and down stairs. So, with characteristic independence, she had established herself on the ground floor of her house. From a sitting room, there was an unexpected vista of her bedroom. Her visitors were startled and fascinated by the foreignness of this arrangement - which recalled scenes in French fiction. This was how women with lovers lived in the wicked old societies
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The burden of her flesh had long since made it impossible
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for her to climb stairs
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So with characteristic independence
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she had established herself on the ground floor of her house
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From her sitting room there was an unexpected vista of her bedroom
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Her visitors were fascinated by the foreignness of this arrangement
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which recalled scenes in French fiction
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This was how women with lovers lived in the wicked old societies
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Movie Summary
A tale of nineteenth-century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
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