sitting-out

Updated: June 19, 2025

Her mother had never interfered with her; and she herself had not been afraid to be "talked about." Dances, picnics, moonlight walks; the joys of outrageous "sitting-out," and hot rivalries with prettier girls; of impertinences towards the men who didn't matter, and pretty flatteries towards the men who did it was all pleasant enough to think of.

Mrs. Humphry Ward - Sir George Tressady — Volume I