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The Portrait of a Lady, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)
The Portrait of a Lady Vol 1 of 2 - Classic Reprint Author:Henry James THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY I UNDER certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. There are circumstances in ,vhich, whether you partake of the tea or not - some people of course never do, - the situa .. tion is in itself delightful. Those that I have in mind in beginn... more »ing to unfold this simple history offered an admirable setting to an 'innocent pastime. The implements of the little feast had been disposed upon the lawn of an old English country-house, in what I should call the perfect middle of a splendid summer afternoon. Part of the afternoon had waned, but much of it was left, and what ,vas left was of the finest and rarest quality. Real dusk would not arrive for many hours; but the flood of summer light had begun to ebb, the air had grown mellow, the shadows were long upon the smooth, dense turf. They lengthened slowly, however, and the scene expressed that sense of leisure still to
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