country-parties

Updated: July 9, 2025

Of his daily life he had only to reckon so many breakfasts; so many dinners; so many receptions, balls, theatres, and country-parties; so many cards to be left; so many Americans to be escorted the usual routine of every young American in a Legation; all counting for nothing in sum, because, even if it had been his official duty which it was not it was mere routine, a single, continuous, unbroken act, which led to nothing and nowhere except Portland Place and the grave.

Henry Adams - The Education of Henry Adams