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

"But Mr. Eager--he came when I was out, and
acted according to his principles. I don't blame
him or any one... but by the time George was
well she was ill. He made her think about sin,
and she went under thinking about it."
It was thus that Mr. Emerson had murdered
his wife in the sight of God.
"Oh, how terrible!" said Lucy, forgetting her
own affairs at last.
"He was not baptized," said the old man. "I
did hold firm." And he looked with unwavering
eyes at the rows of books, as if--at what
cost!--he had won a victory over them. "My
boy shall go back to the earth untouched."
She asked whether young Mr. Emerson was
ill.
"Oh--last Sunday." He started into the
present. "George last Sunday--no, not ill: just