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She wanted, passionately and persistently, two things which she believed should subsist together in any well-ordered life: amusement and respectability.

Edith Wharton (2013). “Delphi Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated)”, p.1608, Delphi Classics
She wanted, passionately and persistently, two things which she believed should subsist together in any well-ordered life: amusement and respectability.