"She was unacquainted with the world of the fashionable New York hotel—a world overheated, over-upholstered, and over-fitted with mechanical appliances for the gratification of fantastic requirements, while the comforts of a civilized life were as unattainable as in a desert."
"Mrs. Fisher had not specified the line her friend was to take; she owned herself unacquainted with Mrs. Hatch, whom she “knew about” through Melville Stancy, a lawyer in his leisure moments, and the Falstaff of a certain section of festive club life."
"Moreover, representation was apportioned geographically, meaning a preponderance of delegates from the rural parts of the state, “honest well-meaning country men,” according to one typical assessment, but “intirely unacquainted with such high matters.”"