Chapter 26 quotes Flashcards
‘By the first of November…
…this household ritual was over and society had begun to look about and take stock on itself. By the 15th, the season was in full blast. Opera and theatre were putting forth new attractions’
‘punctually at about…
…this time, Mrs Archer said that New York was very much changed’
“it was considered vulgar to…
…dress in the newest fashion: and Amy Sillerton has always told me that in Boston, the rule was to put away one’s Paris dresses for two years”
‘no one really liked…
…Beaufort and it was whole unpleasant to think that the worst of his private life; but the idea of his having brought financial dishonour on his wife’s family was too shocking to be enjoyed, even by his enemies’
“Oh, you know, everybody…
…goes to Mrs Struthers now”
‘It was the only word…
…that passed between them; but in the code in which they had both been trained in it meant…’
