Both Uses of
revelation
in
The House of Mirth
- Chance, or perhaps his own resolve, had kept them apart since his hasty withdrawal from Bellomont; but Miss Bart was an expert in making the most of the unexpected, and the distasteful incidents of the last few minutes—the revelation to Selden of precisely that part of her life which she most wished him to ignore—increased her longing for shelter, for escape from such humiliating contingencies.†
Chpt 1.8
- The revelation of this suddenly-established intimacy effectually chilled his desire to see her.†
Chpt 2.8 *
Definition:
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(revelation with a lowercase "r") something that was previously unknown (and typically surprising); or making such a thing known