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

was on Cecil that the little episode turned,
though his name was never mentioned.
"So George says. He says that the Miss Alans
must go to the wall. Yet it does seem so
unkind."
"There is only a certain amount of kindness in
the world," said George, watching the sunlight
flash on the panels of the passing carriages.
"Yes!" exclaimed Mrs. Honeychurch. "That's
exactly what I say. Why all this twiddling and
twaddling over two Miss Alans?"
"There is a certain amount of kindness, just as
there is a certain amount of light," he
continued in measured tones. "We cast a
shadow on something wherever we stand, and
it is no good moving from place to place to
save things; because the shadow always
follows. Choose a place where you won't do
harm--yes, choose a place where you won't do
very much harm, and stand in it for all you are