Publisher's Synopsis
Newland becomes aggravated as he realizes that everybody is paying attention to the field where his fiancé is sitting. He doesn¹t need the woman to whom he's engaged to be associated with a woman of questionable reputation. The bizarre woman is Ellen Olenska, a cousin of May. She has a terrible reputation because she left her husband and ran off along with his secretary. In New York Society, such behavior was no longer conventional. Newland all at once wishes to take a seat next to his female friend, as though to protect her from the gossip. He also has an unexpected urge to announce their engagement because he desires to distract attention from the foreign woman and location interest at the glad occasion of their engagement. He walks over to their container and is delivered to Ellen. Ellen explains that she recollects being kissed with the aid of him after they were little youngsters and that returning to New York reminds her of her early life. She can "see" every body of their childhood underpants. Newland does no longer like her regarding New York society as being "an expensive vintage location." He considers his society to be a grand institution and Ellen seems to be slighting this society.
