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

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

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was to find a desirable tenant for "Cissie"--some one really desirable. "The rent is absurdly low," he told them, "and perhaps I am an easy landlord. But it is such an awkward size. It is too large for the peasant class and too small for any one the least like ourselves." Cecil had been hesitating whether he should despise the villas or despise Sir Harry for despising them. The latter impulse seemed the more fruitful. "You ought to find a tenant at once," he said maliciously. "It would be a perfect paradise for a bank clerk." "Exactly!" said Sir Harry excitedly. "That is exactly what I fear, Mr. Vyse. It will attract the wrong type of people. The train service has improved--a fatal improvement, to my mind. And what are five miles from a station in these days of bicycles?"

"Rather a strenuous clerk it would be," said Lucy. Cecil, who had his full share of mediaeval mischievousness, replied that the physique of the lower middle classes was improving at a most appalling rate. She saw that he was laughing at their harmless neighbour, and roused herself to stop him. "Sir Harry!" she exclaimed, "I have an idea. How would you like spinsters?" "My dear Lucy, it would be splendid. Do you know any such?" "Yes; I met them abroad." "Gentlewomen?" he asked tentatively. "Yes, indeed, and at the present moment homeless. I heard from them last week--Miss Teresa and Miss Catharine Alan. I'm really not

was to find a desirable tenant for<br />

"Cissie"--some one really desirable.<br />

"The rent is absurdly low," he told them, "and<br />

perhaps I am an easy landlord. But it is such an<br />

awkward size. It is too large for the peasant<br />

class and too small for any one the least like<br />

ourselves."<br />

Cecil had been hesitating whether he should<br />

despise the villas or despise Sir Harry for<br />

despising them. The latter impulse seemed the<br />

more fruitful.<br />

"You ought to find a tenant at once," he said<br />

maliciously. "It would be a perfect paradise for<br />

a bank clerk."<br />

"Exactly!" said Sir Harry excitedly. "That is<br />

exactly what I fear, Mr. Vyse. It will attract the<br />

wrong type of people. The train service has<br />

improved--a fatal improvement, to my mind.<br />

And what are five miles from a station in these<br />

days of bicycles?"

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