...and slightly withdrawn be- hind these brocaded matrons sat a young girl in white with eyes ecstatically fixed on the stagelovers. As Madame Nilsson’s ... ...e bouquet of lilies-of- the-valley on her knee, and Newland Archer saw her white- gloved finger-tips touch the flowers softly. He drew a breath of sat... ...r-off prodigies. In the centre of this enchanted garden Madame Nilsson, in white cashmere slashed with pale blue satin, a reticule dan- gling from a b... ...hout analysing it, since he knew it was that of all the carefully-brushed, white- waistcoated, button-hole-flowered gentlemen who succeeded each other... ...rtses, Mrs. Lefferts Rushworth (the lovely widow), the Harry Thorleys, the Reggie Chiverses and young Morris Dagonet and his wife (who was a van der L... ...d his sister. The intended slight was emphasised by the fact that even the Reggie Chiverses, who were of the Mingott clan, were among those inflicting... ... insistence on a long engagement. “If you call it long! Isabel Chivers and Reggie were engaged for two years: Grace and Thorley for nearly a year and ... ...thoroughfare was deserted but for a group of carriages standing before the Reggie Chiverses’ (where there was a dinner for the Duke), and the occasion... ...efore, he had refused an invitation to spend the following Sunday with the Reggie Chiverses at their house on the Hudson, a few miles below Skuytercli...