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

"Cecil has told you to think so. You were
devoted to her as a little girl, and nothing will
describe her goodness to you through the
typhoid fever. No--it is just the same thing
everywhere."
"Let me just put your bonnet away, may I?"
"Surely he could answer her civilly for one
half-hour?"
"Cecil has a very high standard for people,"
faltered Lucy, seeing trouble ahead. "It's part
of his ideals--it is really that that makes him
sometimes seem--"
"Oh, rubbish! If high ideals make a young
man rude, the sooner he gets rid of them the
better," said Mrs. Honeychurch, handing her
the bonnet.
"Now, mother! I've seen you cross with Mrs.
Butterworth yourself!"