The House of Mirth Edith Wharton, 1905, Social Criticism

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In summer, when he joined them for aSunday at Newport or Southampton, he was even more effaced and silentthan in winter. It was the first time that she had faced her family since her return fromEurope, two weeks earlier; but if she perceived any uncertainty in theirwelcome, it served only to add a tinge of irony to the usual composure ofher bearing. The shock of dismay with which, on the dock, she had heardfrom Gerty Farish of Mrs. Peniston’s sudden death, had been mitigated,almost at once, by the irrepressible thought that now, at last, she wouldbe able to pay her debts.

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And sohe had leisure to muse on all its exquisite details, as a hard worker, ona holiday morning, might lie still and watch the beam of light travelgradually across his room. He could still discern the outline of facts, though his own relationto them had changed. He was no less conscious than before of what wassaid of Lily Bart, but he could separate the woman he knew from thevulgar estimate of her. His mind turned to Gerty Farish’s words, and thewisdom of the world seemed a groping thing beside the insight ofinnocence. BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART, FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD—eventhe hidden god in their neighbour’s breast! Selden was in the state ofimpassioned self-absorption that the first surrender to love produces.His craving was for the companionship of one whose point of view shouldjustify his own, who should confirm, by deliberate observation, the truthto which his intuitions had leaped.

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Rumors spread about Lily’s involvement in this scandal, further harming her reputation. Regina’s, a hat-maker’s, although bad health and poor hat-making skills cause her to get fired. In the space of a few months, Lily thus finds herself condemned to living a working-class life, far from the comforts of her previous circle. In retribution for a social snub, Lily's cousin Grace Stepney informs Julia of rumors that Lily is having an affair with Gus to obtain money so she can pay off her gambling debts. This plants seeds of doubt and discomfort in Julia who, though shocked, chooses to accept the rumors without speaking to her niece.

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He knew too well the transiency ofexquisite moments to attempt to follow her; but presently he reenteredthe house and made his way through the deserted rooms to the door. A fewsumptuously-cloaked ladies were already gathered in the marble vestibule,and in the coat-room he found Van Alstyne and Gus Trenor. She made no reply, but her face turned to him with the soft motion of aflower.

The luxury oflying late in bed was a pleasure belonging to the life of ease; it had nopart in the utilitarian existence of the boarding-house. She liked toleave her room early, and to return to it as late as possible; and shewas walking slowly now in order to postpone the detested approach to herdoorstep. A cup of tea in quiet, somewhere out of the noise and ugliness, seemedfor the moment the one solace she could bear. A few steps brought them tothe ladies’ door of the hotel he had named, and a moment later he wasseated opposite to her, and the waiter had placed the tea-tray betweenthem. Selden’s avoidance of Miss Bart had not been as unintentional as he hadallowed his cousin to think.

Seeing how ill Lily herself seems, Nettie takes Lily to her apartment, where she tells her all about her life, describing how, thanks to her personal strength and her husband’s faith in her, she has succeeded in escaping poverty and reaching happiness. After leaving Nettie, Lily is inspired by her impressive tale of courage and determination, and realizes that poverty is not a sign of moral degradation. In the meantime, Lily goes to dinner at her friend Carry Fisher’s and then to the Trenors’ house, where she believes she is going to meet her friend Judy. Once she arrives at the Trenors’, though, Gus is there alone and reveals that he has tricked Lily in coming to his home. Ultimately, he reveals that the money Lily thought she was receiving from him as part of her original investment is in fact his own money, which he has given to her as a gift, expecting sexual favors in exchange.

They belonged to the vast group ofhuman automata who go through life without neglecting to perform a singleone of the gestures executed by the surrounding puppets. It is true thatthe Bellomont puppets did not go to church; but others equally importantdid—and Mr. and Mrs. Wetherall’s circle was so large that God wasincluded in their visiting-list. They appeared, therefore, punctual andresigned, with the air of people bound for a dull “At Home,” and afterthem Hilda and Muriel straggled, yawning and pinning each other’s veilsand ribbons as they came. Why could one never do a natural thingwithout having to screen it behind a structure of artifice? She hadyielded to a passing impulse in going to Lawrence Selden’s rooms, and itwas so seldom that she could allow herself the luxury of an impulse! Thisone, at any rate, was going to cost her rather more than she couldafford.

Gerty’s quest, at any rate, brought up against a solid wall ofresistance; and even when Carry Fisher, momentarily penitent for hershare in the Hatch affair, joined her efforts to Miss Farish’s, they metwith no better success. Gerty had tried to veil her failure in tenderambiguities; but Carry, always the soul of candour, put the case squarelyto her friend. To Gerty Farish’s hopeful spirit a solution appeared to have been reachedwhen she remembered how beautifully Lily could trim hats.

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Sleep was what she wanted—she remembered thatshe had not closed her eyes for two nights. The little bottle was at herbed-side, waiting to lay its spell upon her. She rose and undressedhastily, hungering now for the touch of her pillow. She felt soprofoundly tired that she thought she must fall asleep at once; but assoon as she had lain down every nerve started once more into separatewakefulness. It was as though a great blaze of electric light had beenturned on in her head, and her poor little anguished self shrank andcowered in it, without knowing where to take refuge. She opened her cheque-book, and plunged into such anxious calculations ashad prolonged her vigil at Bellomont on the night when she had decided tomarry Percy Gryce.

With so much time to talk, andno definite object to be led up to, she could taste the rare joys ofmental vagrancy. The observance of Sunday at Bellomont was chiefly marked by the punctualappearance of the smart omnibus destined to convey the household to thelittle church at the gates. Whether any one got into the omnibus or notwas a matter of secondary importance, since by standing there it not onlybore witness to the orthodox intentions of the family, but made Mrs.Trenor feel, when she finally heard it drive away, that she had somehowvicariously made use of it. The blushsurprised her almost as much as it did her hostess, who, though notcommonly observant of facial changes, sat staring at her with puzzledeyes. Mrs. Trenor’s summons, however, suddenly recalled her state ofdependence, and she rose and dressed in a mood of irritability that shewas usually too prudent to indulge.

If she had had the presence of mind to letRosedale drive her to the station, the concession might have purchasedhis silence. He had his race’s accuracy in the appraisal of values, andto be seen walking down the platform at the crowded afternoon hour in thecompany of Miss Lily Bart would have been money in his pocket, as hemight himself have phrased it. He knew, of course, that there would be alarge house-party at Bellomont, and the possibility of being taken forone of Mrs. Trenor’s guests was doubtless included in his calculations.Mr. Rosedale was still at a stage in his social ascent when it was ofimportance to produce such impressions.