All 7 Uses of
emissary
in
The Age of Innocence
- "I'm extremely sorry, sir," said this emissary, "that a little accident has occurred at the Miss du Lacs': a leak in the water-tank.†
Chpt 19
- "— "The emissary?†
Chpt 23 *
- The emissary," Madame Olenska rejoined, still smiling, "might, for all I care, have left already; but he has insisted on waiting till this evening …. in case …. on the chance …."†
Chpt 23
- It was barely half-past ten; but what if the emissary, impatient for her reply, and not knowing how else to employ his time, were already seated among the travellers with cooling drinks at their elbows of whom Archer had caught a glimpse as she went in?†
Chpt 23
- He did not care to be seen watch in hand within view of the hotel, and his unaided reckoning of the lapse of time led him to conclude that, if Madame Olenska was so long in reappearing, it could only be because she had met the emissary and been waylaid by him.†
Chpt 23
- "If you're an emissary you're an emissary."†
Chpt 25
- "If you're an emissary you're an emissary."†
Chpt 25
Definition:
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(emissary) someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else