Both Uses of
egress
in
The Portrait of a Lady
- While she looked about her for the proper egress, the door opened and admitted one of the ladies of the house, who advanced with a discreet smile, gently rubbing, under her long loose sleeves, a pair of plump white hands.†
Chpt 52egress = exit (departure from)
- At this announcement Isabel stiffened; she was on the point of asking if there were no other egress from the convent.†
Chpt 52 *
Definition:
to exit