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

clasped. It was a shock to the girl to find how
far emotion had ebbed in others. The storm
had ceased, and Mr. Emerson was easier
about his son. Mr. Beebe had regained good
humour, and Mr. Eager was already snubbing
Miss Lavish. Charlotte alone she was sure
of--Charlotte, whose exterior concealed so
much insight and love.
The luxury of self-exposure kept her almost
happy through the long evening. She thought
not so much of what had happened as of how
she should describe it. All her sensations, her
spasms of courage, her moments of
unreasonable joy, her mysterious discontent,
should be carefully laid before her cousin.
And together in divine confidence they would
disentangle and interpret them all.
"At last," thought she, "I shall understand
myself. I shan't again be troubled by things
that come out of nothing, and mean I don't
know what."