lady-correspondents

Updated: May 1, 2025

It takes in Miss Verena and it takes in all others except the lady-correspondents," the young man added, with a jocosity which, as he perceived even at the moment, was lost on Verena's friend. He was not more successful when he went on: "It takes in even you, Miss Chancellor!"

Henry James - The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II)