vireville

Updated: July 23, 2025

Of course I don't expect you, just at first, to feel the difference, to see the nuance. In the case of little Madame de Vireville, for instance: you point out that she's still under her husband's roof. Very true; and if she were merely a Paris acquaintance especially if you had met her, as one still might, in the RIGHT KIND of house in Paris I should be the last to object to your visiting her.

Edith Wharton - The Reef

But in the country it's different. Even the best provincial society is what you would call narrow: I don't deny it; and if some of our friends met Madame de Vireville at Givre well, it would produce a bad impression. You're inclined to ridicule such considerations, but gradually you'll come to see their importance; and meanwhile, do trust me when I ask you to be guided by my mother.

Edith Wharton - The Reef