farewell-taking

Updated: July 2, 2025

This second farewell-taking was very brief, however, for down the tracks came the puffing train, stopping at the narrow platform only long enough for the laughing, chattering girls to climb aboard, before it glided away again, with Peace's shrill protests trailing off into silence: "I don't see why we have to take the train when it is such a teeny short ride. I'd rather go by street-car.

Ruth Brown MacArthur - The Lilac Lady

In every case where personal cards are correctly used the owner is accredited with having performed de facto whatever the card expresses for him, be it a "call," a "regret," a "congratulation," an "apology," an "introduction," a "farewell-taking," or whatever. The rules guiding the uses of visiting cards are based upon this idea of representation.

Agnes H. Morton - Etiquette