Both Uses of
ambience
in
The Lords of Discipline
- There is no ambiance of hazard here, but something so tightly repressed, so rigidly ordered, so consecrated to the adoration of restraint that you sometimes want to scream out for excess, for a single knee bent toward bad taste, for the cleansing roar of pandemonium to establish a foothold somewhere in the city But, of course, the charm of the city lies in this adherence to a severity of form.†
Chpt Prol.
- But I was also beginning to noticesomething chilly and remote in an ambiance of such conscious perfection.†
Chpt 3.25 *
Definition:
atmosphere of a place (it's mood or feel)