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Quotation from Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
“The leaden circles dissolved in the air.”
Mrs. Dalloway, Late morning, Peter Walsh leaving Clarissa's house (Project Gutenberg #71865 (Harcourt, Brace text))
The striking of Big Ben, a refrain that marks the hours of the day; the phrase recurs at the end of the party.
Citation: "The leaden circles dissolved in the air." — Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway, Late morning, Peter Walsh leaving Clarissa's house (Project Gutenberg #71865 (Harcourt, Brace text)). (id mrs-dalloway-q4)
Portrait: Virginia Woolf 1927, Unknown author, Public domain.
