Xingu |
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| Author:
| Wharton, Edith |
| ISBN: | 979-8-7077-7489-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2021 |
| Publisher: | Independently Published
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $6.99 |
Book Description:
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Book Excerpt:...repared. It's in shocking taste to wear colours when one pays a visit of condolence, or a last year's dress when there are reports that one's husband is on the wrong side of the market; and so it is with conversation. All I ask is that I should know beforehand what is to be talked about; then I feel sure of being able to say the proper thing.""I quite agree with you," Mrs. Ballinger assented; "but--"And at that instant, heralded by the fluttered parlourmaid, Osric Dane...
More DescriptionBook Excerpt:...repared. It's in shocking taste to wear colours when one pays a visit of condolence, or a last year's dress when there are reports that one's husband is on the wrong side of the market; and so it is with conversation. All I ask is that I should know beforehand what is to be talked about; then I feel sure of being able to say the proper thing.""I quite agree with you," Mrs. Ballinger assented; "but--"And at that instant, heralded by the fluttered parlourmaid, Osric Dane appeared upon the threshold.Mrs. Leveret told her sister afterward that she had known at a glance what was coming. She saw that Osric Dane was not going to meet them half way. That...