Both Uses of
right angle
in
The Age of Innocence
- As Archer entered he was smiling and looking down on his hostess, who sat on a sofa placed at right angles to the chimney.†
Chpt 12 *right angles = angles measuring 90 degrees (like the angle between a classroom floor and wall)
- Under cover of this circumstantial narrative, to which Mrs. Beaufort listened with her perfect smile, and her head at just the right angle to be seen in profile from the stalls, Madame Olenska turned and spoke in a low voice.†
Chpt 13right angle = an angle measuring 90 degrees (like the angle between a classroom floor and wall)