Both Uses of
specter
in
The Age of Innocence
- They were both silent again, and Archer felt the spectre of Count Olenski's letter grimacing hideously between them.†
Chpt 12 *
- The melancholy possibility of having to "kill time" (especially for those who did not care for whist or solitaire) was a vision that haunted her as the spectre of the unemployed haunts the philanthropist.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
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(specter as in: specter of national poverty) a frightening or disturbing mental image or possibility
or:
a ghostly appearing image