The Age of Innocence Book 2 Chapter 22

In which a luncheon conversation reveals the peculiar social dynamics of Newport society, centred on the eccentric Sillertons and the enigmatic Blenker family, while Archer contemplates the choreography of his afternoon with a mixture of domestic duty and private curiosity. Venturing to the Blenker homestead, he encounters the youngest Miss Blenker beneath a faded summer-house parasol, and is left with a wistful sense of absent presence and unspoken yearnings.