chamberful

Updated: May 8, 2025

And Ethelberta, having been announced, joined the chamberful of assembled guests, among whom for the present we lose sight of her. Meanwhile the evening outside the house was deepening in tone, and the lamps began to blink up. Her sister having departed, Picotee hastily arrayed herself in a little black jacket and chip hat, and tripped across the park to the same point.

Thomas Hardy - The Hand of Ethelberta