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

"My poor dear, did you suppose that this was
his first? Come here and listen to me. I am only
gathering it from his own remarks. Do you
remember that day at lunch when he argued
with Miss Alan that liking one person is an
extra reason for liking another?"
"Yes," said Lucy, whom at the time the
argument had pleased.
"Well, I am no prude. There is no need to call
him a wicked young man, but obviously he is
thoroughly unrefined. Let us put it down to his
deplorable antecedents and education, if you
wish. But we are no farther on with our
question. What do you propose to do?"
An idea rushed across Lucy's brain, which,
had she thought of it sooner and made it part
of her, might have proved victorious.
"I propose to speak to him," said she.
Miss Bartlett uttered a cry of genuine alarm.