"ApartyfortheBlenkers—theBlenkers?"
-tableathiswife, who, adjustinghergoldeye-glasses, readaloud, inthetoneofhighcomedy:
"'scompanyatthemeetingoftheWednesdayAfternoonClubonAugust25that3o'.
"RedGables, CatherineStreet.R.S.V.P."
"Goodgracious—" , asifasecondreadinghadbeennecessarytobringthemonstrousabsurdityofthethinghometohim.
"PoorAmySillerton—younevercantellwhatherhusbandwilldonext," ."Isupposehe'sjustdiscoveredtheBlenkers."
ProfessorEmersonSillertonwasathorninthesideofNewportsociety; andathornthatcouldnotbepluckedout, , aspeoplesaid, amanwhohadhad "everyadvantage." HisfatherwasSillertonJackson'suncle, hismotheraPennilowofBoston; oneachsidetherewaswealthandposition, ——nothingonearthobligedEmersonSillertontobeanarchaeologist, orindeedaProfessorofanysort, ortoliveinNewportinwinter, , ifhewasgoingtobreakwithtraditionandfloutsocietyintheface, heneednothavemarriedpoorAmyDagonet, whohadarighttoexpect "somethingdifferent," andmoneyenoughtokeepherowncarriage.
NooneintheMingottsetcouldunderstandwhyAmySillertonhadsubmittedsotamelytotheeccentricitiesofahusbandwhofilledthehousewithlong-hairedmenandshort-hairedwomen, and, whenhetravelled, , setintheirways, andapparentlyunawarethattheyweredifferentfromotherpeople; andwhentheygaveoneoftheirdrearyannualgarden-partieseveryfamilyontheCliffs, becauseoftheSillerton-Pennilow-Dagonetconnection, hadtodrawlotsandsendanunwillingrepresentative.
