between-hours

Updated: May 19, 2025

Certainly the clear, white light of electricity seems heaven-sent when one is dressing or working, but for between-hours, for the brief periods of rest, the only thing that rivals the comfort of candlelight is the glow of an open fire. In early days the hall was the large formal room in which the main business of the house was transacted.

Elsie De Wolfe - The House in Good Taste