A Room With A View - Forster E.M..pdf - Cove Systems
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"Friends of mine?" he laughed. "But, Lucy, the whole joke is to come! Come here." But she remained standing where she was. "Do you know where I met these desirable tenants? In the National Gallery, when I was up to see my mother last week." "What an odd place to meet people!" she said nervously. "I don't quite understand." "In the Umbrian Room. Absolute strangers. They were admiring Luca Signorelli--of course, quite stupidly. However, we got talking, and they refreshed me not--a little. They had been to Italy." "But, Cecil--" proceeded hilariously. "In the course of conversation they said that they wanted a country cottage--the father to live there, the son to run down for week-ends. I thought, 'What a chance of scoring off Sir Harry!' and I took their address and a London reference, found they weren't actual
lackguards--it was great sport--and wrote to him, making out--" "Cecil! No, it's not fair. I've probably met them before--" He bore her down. "Perfectly fair. Anything is fair that punishes a snob. That old man will do the neighbourhood a world of good. Sir Harry is too disgusting with his 'decayed gentlewomen.' I meant to read him a lesson some time. No, Lucy, the classes ought to mix, and before long you'll agree with me. There ought to be intermarriage--all sorts of things. I believe in democracy--" "No, you don't," she snapped. "You don't know what the word means." He stared at her, and felt again that she had failed to be Leonardesque. "No, you don't!"
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"Friends of mine?" he laughed. "But, Lucy, the<br />
whole joke is to come! Come here." But she<br />
remained standing where she was. "Do you<br />
know where I met these desirable tenants? In<br />
the National Gallery, when I was up to see my<br />
mother last week."<br />
"What an odd place to meet people!" she said<br />
nervously. "I don't quite understand."<br />
"In the Umbrian <strong>Room</strong>. Absolute strangers.<br />
They were admiring Luca Signorelli--of<br />
course, quite stupidly. However, we got<br />
talking, and they refreshed me not--a little.<br />
They had been to Italy."<br />
"But, Cecil--" proceeded hilariously.<br />
"In the course of conversation they said that<br />
they wanted a country cottage--the father to<br />
live there, the son to run down for week-ends.<br />
I thought, 'What a chance of scoring off Sir<br />
Harry!' and I took their address and a London<br />
reference, found they weren't actual
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