Her Boston Experiences a Picture of Modern Boston Society And People
Her Boston Experiences a Picture of Modern Boston Society And People
Anna Farquhar Bergengren
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" ''They certainly are all of that, " she admitted, with another laugh. Elizabeth said nothing. She leaned back against the cushions, looking very tired. About my cousin Elizabeth's face, there was always a touch of nobility. When her lorgnette was not in use she might have been called a severely handsome woman, but her emotional nature had become so entirely subordinated to her mental activity that, even at her age, there was scarcely a vestige of girlhood remaining in her face or manner. She ...was like her mother, in that all expression of feeling must be con- trolled first and last. One must renew one's acquaintance with a typical Boston- ian at every fresh encounter. For fear of undue intimacy the Puritan nature repels even those toward whom it is attracted. A Bostonian will go out of his way to do you a favour, and at the same time affirm that he has done nothing to oblige you, a-
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