after-brought

Updated: May 28, 2025

The streets, all grave and mellow in the sunset, seemed to applaud this after-dinner stroll; the entrance quad of his old college spaciously majestic, monastically modern, for years the heart of his universe, the focus of what had gone before it in his life, casting the shadow of its grey walls over all that had come after-brought him a sense of rest from conflict, and trust in his own important safety.

John Galsworthy - The Island Pharisees