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What does Newland imagine while watching May at the opera?
Why does Newland join the family's opera box?
Where does May announce her engagement?
What does Mrs. Manson Mingott urge during the engagement visit?
What position does Newland defend during Sillerton Jackson's dinner visit?
What prompts Newland to seek the van der Luydens' help?
How do the van der Luydens support Ellen publicly?
What does Newland send Ellen after visiting her home?
How does May respond to Newland's wish for a shorter engagement?
Why does Mr. Letterblair ask Newland to examine Ellen's divorce papers?
What warning does Newland give Ellen about divorce?
What kindness does Newland learn Ellen has shown?
Whose arrival interrupts Newland's private conversation with Ellen at Skuytercliff?
What does May offer Newland in St. Augustine?
What plan by Ellen's aunt angers Newland?
What news arrives as Newland and Ellen confess their love?
How does Newland experience his wedding to May?
What causes disagreement between Newland and May after the London dinner?
What does Newland do when he sees Ellen at the shore?
What offer does Ellen refuse in Boston?
What gives restraint its purpose for Ellen during the private lunch?
What does M. Rivière privately urge Newland to do?
What makes Newland recognize May's awareness of his interest in Ellen?
Why is Ellen summoned from Washington?
What does Ellen reject during the carriage ride with Newland?
What arrangement does Mrs. Mingott ask Newland to defend?
Why does Ellen say she is staying in New York?
What stops Newland's intended confession to May?
What does May admit after Ellen's farewell dinner?
What does Newland choose at Ellen's building in Paris?
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