up Fifth Avenue before turning back in
the direction of the Beauforts. He was definitely afraid that the family might be
going too far and would bring the Countess Olenska. He was more than ever
determined to "see the thing through," but he felt less chivalrously inclined to
defend the Countess after their brief talk at the opera.
[Archer enters the ballroom. The first man he sees is Larry Lef