Both Uses of
cessation
in
Howards End
- There was an unforeseen surprise, a cessation of the winds and odours of life, a social pressure that would have her think conjugally.†
Part 19 *
- She, a monogamist, regretted the cessation of some of life's innocent odours; he, whose instincts were polygamous, felt morally braced by the change and less liable to the temptations that had assailed him in the past.†
Part 31
Definition:
a stopping