extravagrance

Updated: June 27, 2025

She found many ways in which she could serve them entertaining Uncle Mandeville to keep him sober; checking the extravagrance of Celeste; nursing Castleman Lysle through green apple convulsions. That was to be her life for the future, she told herself, and she was making herself really happy in it when suddenly, like a bolt from the blue, came an event that swept her poor little plans into chaos.

Upton Sinclair - Sylvia's Marriage