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Chapter 5
ButthenNewYork,asfarbackasthemindofmancouldtravel,hadbeendividedintothetwogreatfundamentalgroupsoftheMingottsandMansonsandalltheirclan,whocaredabouteatingandclothesandmoney,andtheArcher-Newland-van-der-Luydentribe,whoweredevotedtotravel,horticultureandthebestfiction,andlookeddownonthegrosserformsofpleasure.Youcouldn’thaveeverything,afterall.IfyoudinedwiththeLovellMingottsyougotcanvas-backandterrapinandvintagewines;atAdelineArcher’syoucouldtalkaboutAlpinesceneryand"TheMarbleFaun";andluckilytheArcherMadeirahadgoneroundtheCape.ThereforewhenafriendlysummonscamefromMrs.Archer,Mr.Jackson,whowasatrueeclectic,wouldusuallysaytohissister:"I’vebeenalittlegoutysincemylastdinnerattheLovellMingotts’—itwilldomegoodtodietatAdeline’s."Mrs.Archer,whohadlongbeenawidow,livedwithhersonanddaughterinWestTwenty-eighthStreet.AnupperfloorwasdedicatedtoNewland,andthetwowomensqueezedthemselvesintonarrowerquartersbelow.InanuncloudedharmonyoftastesandintereststheycultivatedfernsinWardiancases,mademacramelaceandwoolembroideryonlinen,collectedAmericanrevolutionaryglazedware,subscribedto"GoodWords,"andreadOuida’snovelsforthesakeoftheItalianatmosphere.
