adam-and

Updated: May 23, 2025

The hall had an ancient smell of the vegetables of 1880, of the furniture polish in vogue when "Adam-and Eve" Bryan ran against William McKinley, of portieres an ounce heavier with dust, from worn-out shoes, and lint from dresses turned long since into patch-work quilts.

F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald - Tales of the Jazz Age