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

"These abrupt changes of vegetation--this
little spongeous tract of water plants, and on
either side of it all the growths are tough or
brittle--heather, bracken, hurts, pines. Very
charming, very charming.
"Mr. Beebe, aren't you bathing?" called
Freddy, as he stripped himself.
Mr. Beebe thought he was not.
"Water's wonderful!" cried Freddy, prancing
in.
"Water's water," murmured George. Wetting
his hair first--a sure sign of apathy--he
followed Freddy into the divine, as indifferent
as if he were a statue and the pond a pail of
soapsuds. It was necessary to use his muscles.
It was necessary to keep clean. Mr. Beebe
watched them, and watched the seeds of the
willow-herb dance chorically above their
heads.