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

ather a nuisance all through the tennis, for the
novel that he was reading was so bad that he
was obliged to read it aloud to others. He
would stroll round the precincts of the court
and call out: "I say, listen to this, Lucy. Three
split infinitives."
"Dreadful!" said Lucy, and missed her stroke.
When they had finished their set, he still went
on reading; there was some murder scene,
and really every one must listen to it. Freddy
and Mr. Floyd were obliged to hunt for a lost
ball in the laurels, but the other two
acquiesced.
"The scene is laid in Florence."
"What fun, Cecil! Read away. Come, Mr.
Emerson, sit down after all your energy." She
had "forgiven" George, as she put it, and she
made a point of being pleasant to him.
He jumped over the net and sat down at her
feet asking: "You--and are you tired?"