Chapter 20 quotes

Question 1

‘In conformity with the old New York…

Answer 1

…tradition that it was not “dignified” to force one’s self on the notice of one’s acquaintances in foreign countries’

Question 2

‘But in reality travelling…

Answer 2

…interested her even less than he had expected. She regarded it as an enlarged opportunity for walking, swimming, riding’

Question 3

‘Archer noticed that…

Answer 3

…his wife’s way of showing her herself at ease with foreigners was to become more uncompromisingly local in her references’

Question 4

‘His hour with M. Rivière…

Answer 4

…had put a new air into his lungs, and his first impulse was to have dinner with him the next day’

Question 5

‘the disappointment was not occasional…

Answer 5

…by the sentiment ordinary defined as snobbishness, but by Old New York sense of what was due to it when it risked it dignify in foreign lands’