Both Uses of
interlude
in
The House of Mirth
- …of French and English maids giving warning amid a chaos of hurriedly-ransacked wardrobes and dress-closets; an equally changing dynasty of nurses and footmen; quarrels in the pantry, the kitchen and the drawing-room; precipitate trips to Europe, and returns with gorged trunks and days of interminable unpacking; semi-annual discussions as to where the summer should be spent, grey interludes of economy and brilliant reactions of expense—such was the setting of Lily Bart's first memories.†
Chpt 1.3
- During the interlude of music which succeeded the TABLEAUX, the actors had seated themselves here and there in the audience, diversifying its conventional appearance by the varied picturesqueness of their dress.†
Chpt 1.12 *
Definition:
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(interlude) a short period with an activity different than that occurring during longer periods before or after it
or:
music: brief music played between longer sections of a musical work