All 3 Uses of
ordeal
in
The House of Mirth
- Her soft nature recoiled from this ordeal, which had none of the stimulus of conflict to goad her through it.†
Chpt 1.13 *
- The certainty that she had heard of the rupture with the Dorsets made the prospect of the meeting more formidable; and how should Lily have repressed a quick sense of relief at the thought that, instead of undergoing the anticipated ordeal, she had only to enter gracefully on a long-assured inheritance?†
Chpt 2.4
- The strangeness of entering as a suppliant the house where she had so long commanded, increased Lily's desire to shorten the ordeal; and when Miss Stepney entered the darkened drawing-room, rustling with the best quality of crape, her visitor went straight to the point: would she be willing to advance the amount of the expected legacy?†
Chpt 2.4
Definition:
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(ordeal) a very difficult or painful experience