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

screamed also. Mr. Eager addressed her
professionally:
"Courage, Miss Honeychurch, courage and
faith. If I might say so, there is something
almost blasphemous in this horror of the
elements. Are we seriously to suppose that all
these clouds, all this immense electrical
display, is simply called into existence to
extinguish you or me?"
"No--of course--"
"Even from the scientific standpoint the
chances against our being struck are
enormous. The steel knives, the only articles
which might attract the current, are in the
other carriage. And, in any case, we are
infinitely safer than if we were walking.
Courage--courage and faith."
Under the rug, Lucy felt the kindly pressure
of her cousin's hand. At times our need for a
sympathetic gesture is so great that we care