Both Uses of
treachery
in
The House of Mirth
- A chill of fear passed over Miss Bart: a sense of remembered treachery that was like the gleam of a knife in the dusk.†
Chpt 2.2 *
- Isn't it hard that you should condemn me to suffer for the falseness, the treachery of others?†
Chpt 2.6
Definition:
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(treachery) the behavior of someone who pretends to be a friend and then tricks, cheats, or betrays