Chapters XI & XII (pgs. 97-112)
The setting in chapter twelve inspired an intimate moment between Miss Lily Bart and Mr. Selden. The night began with a party at the Bry's house. The special tableaux Mrs. Bry put on was shown in their beautiful and elegant Venetian style ball room. This setting exemplified the night and the beauty of many of the women attending the party. The tableaux included an incredibly gorgeous picture of Miss Bart that outlined her body and face perfectly. Miss Bart's picture mesmerized Mr. tsSelden that night. For example, "Its expression was now so vivid that for the first time he seemed to see before him the real Lily Bart, divested of the trivialities of her little world, and catching for a moment a note of that eternal harmony of which her beauty was a part," (Whaton, 109). His feelings and her beauty inclined him to find Miss Bart for he could no longer resist her. Selden found her, and he led her gently outside to a garden with hanging lights, a fountain delicately spraying lilies, and a sleeping lake. The quietness of this romantic setting on a midsummer night exagerated the fact that Lily and Mr. Selden were alone. Moreover, the beauty and fragrance of the garden fueled their feelings toward each other. It inspired "dream-like sensations" between both Lily and Selden. The magical and deserted garden combined to provide the perfect circumstances for Lily and Selden to kiss. The magical setting inspired a magical moment between Miss Bart and Mr. Selden.
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