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…showed last 75 words of 534 total… to May will be like and decides to marry her instead of Olenska because he wants the stability, and does not want to forfeit his position in society. May from the start seems not to realize what is going on between Archer and Ellen, which adds to the appearance of her innocence. Only years later, after Mays death does Archer and May?s son tell him that she knew about Newlands infatuation with Ellen.