cenacula

Updated: April 30, 2025

I'll go out and smoke a minute, and come back." Bott dropped into the seat which Sleeny had left. To one who has never attended one of these queer cenacula, it would be hard to comprehend the unhealthy and even nauseous character of the feeling and the conversation there prevalent. The usual decent restraints upon social intercourse seem removed.

John Hay - The Bread-winners : A Social Study