All 3 Uses of
twilight
in
The Age of Innocence
- The Lannings survived only in the person of two very old but lively Miss Lannings, who lived cheerfully and reminiscently among family portraits and Chippendale; the Dagonets were a considerable clan, allied to the best names in Baltimore and Philadelphia; but the van der Luydens, who stood above all of them, had faded into a kind of super-terrestrial twilight, from which only two figures impressively emerged; those of Mr. and Mrs. Henry van der Luyden.†
Chpt 6
- In the spring twilight the train stopped at the Rhinebeck station, and they walked along the platform to the waiting carriage.†
Chpt 19
- Dallas gave him a long look through the twilight.†
Chpt 34 *
Definition:
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(twilight as in: pink clouds in a twilight sky) the time of day between daylight and darkness (just after sunset or just before sunrise); or the light from the sky at that time