A Room With A View - Forster E.M..pdf - Cove Systems

"We have tried to buy what cannot be bought
with money. He has bargained to drive us, and
he is doing it. We have no rights over his soul."
Miss Lavish frowned. It is hard when a person
you have classed as typically British speaks
out of his character.
He was not driving us well," she said. "He
jolted us."
"That I deny. It was as restful as sleeping.
Aha! he is jolting us now. Can you wonder? He
would like to throw us out, and most certainly
he is justified. And if I were superstitious I'd be
frightened of the girl, too. It doesn't do to
injure young people. Have you ever heard of
Lorenzo de Medici?"
Miss Lavish bristled.
"Most certainly I have. Do you refer to
Lorenzo il Magnifico, or to Lorenzo, Duke of
Urbino, or to Lorenzo surnamed Lorenzino on