In Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, George's toy gun produces this type of object.
In T.S. Eliot's The Cocktail Party, Celia twice uses an excuse that she has forgotten this type of object to return to the house of Edward Chamberlayne. In The Age of Innocence, Newland Archer kisses this type of object, believing it to belong to Ellen Olenska, but later laments his idiocy because he should have known that Ellen's was grey instead of pink. In a Zadie Smith novel, the (*) role of this type of object is replaced by Carl's Discman. In Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, George's toy gun produces this type of object. During a performance of Beethoven's Fifth symphony, Margaret Schlegel accidentally runs off with this type of object, which is later retrieved by Leonard Bast in Howards End. For 10 points, name this type of object used to shield oneself from sun or rain.
In T.S. Eliot's The Cocktail Party, Celia twice uses an excuse that she has forgotten this type of object to return to the house of Edward Chamberlayne.
umbrellas [or parasols]