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

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

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"No--they are in the hall--oh, please not, Mr. Emerson--they trust me--" "But why should they, when you have deceived them?" Mr. Beebe opened the door, saying: "Here's my mother." "You're not worthy of their trust." "What's that?" said Mr. Beebe sharply. "I was saying, why should you trust her when she deceived you?" "One minute, mother." He came in and shut the door. "I don't follow you, Mr. Emerson. To whom do you refer? Trust whom?" "I mean she has pretended to you that she did

not love George. They have loved one another all along." Mr. Beebe looked at the sobbing girl. He was very quiet, and his white face, with its ruddy whiskers, seemed suddenly inhuman. A long black column, he stood and awaited her reply. "I shall never marry him," quavered Lucy. A look of contempt came over him, and he said, "Why not?" "Mr. Beebe--I have misled you--I have misled myself--" "Oh, rubbish, Miss Honeychurch!" "It is not rubbish!" said the old man hotly. "It's the part of people that you don't understand." Mr. Beebe laid his hand on the old man's shoulder pleasantly.

not love George. They have loved one another<br />

all along."<br />

Mr. Beebe looked at the sobbing girl. He was<br />

very quiet, and his white face, with its ruddy<br />

whiskers, seemed suddenly inhuman. A long<br />

black column, he stood and awaited her reply.<br />

"I shall never marry him," quavered Lucy.<br />

A look of contempt came over him, and he<br />

said, "Why not?"<br />

"Mr. Beebe--I have misled you--I have misled<br />

myself--"<br />

"Oh, rubbish, Miss Honeychurch!"<br />

"It is not rubbish!" said the old man hotly. "It's<br />

the part of people that you don't understand."<br />

Mr. Beebe laid his hand on the old man's<br />

shoulder pleasantly.

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