But, as we have said, she was growing tired of this idle social life: opera-boxes and restaurateur dinners palled upon her: nosegays could not be laid by as a provision for future years: and she could not live upon knick-knacks, laced handkerchiefs, and kid gloves. 
But opera-boxes and dinners palled upon her: nosegays were not a provision for future years: and she could not live upon knick-knacks. 