Selden and Lily stood still, accepting the unreality of the scene as a part of their own dream-like sensations. It would not have surprised them to feel a summer breeze on their faces, or to see the lights among the boughs reduplicated in the arch of a starry sky. The strange solitude about them was no stranger than the sweetness of being alone in it together. β¨ Edith Wharton (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated), p.641, Delphi Classics
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