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

unexpectedly. It really does; it makes an
enormous difference, and he lost his head: he
doesn't admire me, or any of that nonsense,
one straw. Freddy rather likes him, and has
asked him up here on Sunday, so you can
judge for yourself. He has improved; he
doesn't always look as if he's going to burst
into tears. He is a clerk in the General
Manager's office at one of the big railways--not
a porter! and runs down to his father for
week-ends. Papa was to do with journalism,
but is rheumatic and has retired. There! Now
for the garden." She took hold of her guest by
the arm. "Suppose we don't talk about this silly
Italian business any more. We want you to
have a nice restful visit at Windy Corner, with
no worriting."
Lucy thought this rather a good speech. The
reader may have detected an unfortunate slip
in it. Whether Miss Bartlett detected the slip
one cannot say, for it is impossible to
penetrate into the minds of elderly people.
She might have spoken further, but they were