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1 She longed to be to him something more than a piece of sentient prettiness, a passing diversion to his eye and brain; and the longing betrayed itself in her reply.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: Chapter 8
2 Mrs. Trenor, true to her word, had shown no signs of expecting Lily at the bridge-table, and had even hinted to the other card-players that they were to betray no surprise at her unwonted defection.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
3 A glimpse of Mr. Gryce's crestfallen face even suggested that she had done wisely in absenting herself, since the disappointment he so candidly betrayed would surely whet his appetite for the afternoon walk.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: Chapter 5
4 She knew that to betray any sense of superiority was a subtler form of the stupidity her mother denounced, and it did not take her long to learn that a beauty needs more tact than the possessor of an average set of features.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: Chapter 3
5 Lily knew that there is nothing society resents so much as having given its protection to those who have not known how to profit by it: it is for having betrayed its connivance that the body social punishes the offender who is found out.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: Chapter 9
6 Lily considered with interest the expression of their faces: the girl's turned toward her companion's like an empty plate held up to be filled, while the man lounging at her side already betrayed the encroaching boredom which would presently crack the thin veneer of his smile.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
7 Certainly no one need have confessed such acquiescence in her lot as was revealed in the "useful" colour of Gerty Farish's gown and the subdued lines of her hat: it is almost as stupid to let your clothes betray that you know you are ugly as to have them proclaim that you think you are beautiful.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: Chapter 8
8 Even fortunes supposed to be independent of the market either betrayed a secret dependence on it, or suffered from a sympathetic affection: fashion sulked in its country houses, or came to town incognito, general entertainments were discountenanced, and informality and short dinners became the fashion.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: Chapter 11
9 Lily had no desire that they should recognize any social difference in her; but she had hoped to be received as their equal, and perhaps before long to show herself their superior by a special deftness of touch, and it was humiliating to find that, after two months of drudgery, she still betrayed her lack of early training.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 2: Chapter 10