Both Uses of
colloquy
in
The House of Mirth
- "You see I came after all," he said; but before she had time to answer, Mrs. Dorset, breaking away from a lifeless colloquy with her host, had stepped between them with a little gesture of appropriation.†
Chpt 1.4 *
- But the old habit of observing the conventions reminded her that it was time to bring their colloquy to an end, and she made a faint motion to push back her chair.†
Chpt 2.10
Definition:
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(colloquy) a conversation (formal in modern usage); or written dialogue