tranquilization

Updated: June 21, 2025

Something, certainly Fanny's accumulations of emotion were always sharply discharged; they grew in silence but they were expended in edged words. In a way he was glad that he had made the error of speaking about William Grove's absence in Washington: it was a step toward a final resolution, a tranquilization, of the pressure at home.

Joseph Hergesheimer - Cytherea