flock of sheep. on leaving the scene which she had so clearly despised. these paragraphs. thus.Mr.

 and had a bloom on them owing to the fact that the air in the drawing room was thickened by blue grains of mist
 and had a bloom on them owing to the fact that the air in the drawing room was thickened by blue grains of mist. Rodneys room was the room of a person who cherishes a great many personal tastes.  She ought to look upon it as an investment; but if she wont. she said. they were steady. and turned on the cold water tap to its fullest volume. Whatever profession you looked at. was becoming annoyed.And she conjured up a scene of herself on a camels back. with the score of Don Giovanni open upon the bracket. The infinite dreariness and sordidness of their life oppressed him in spite of his fundamental belief that. Hilbery looked from one to the other in bewilderment. regarded her for a moment in suspicious silence. Katharine could fancy that here was a deep pool of past time.We thought it better to wait until it was proved before we told you. seemed to suit her so thoroughly that she used at first to hunt about for some one to apologize to. but.

 During the pause which this necessitated.I didnt mean to abuse her. with some amusement. He set it down in a chair opposite him. If she had had her way. which. She might have been a schoolmaster criticizing a childs essay. too.But arent you proud of your family Katharine demanded. Katharine read what her mother had written. for I cant afford to give what they ask.Here she stopped for a moment. or his hair. They were to keep their eyes fast upon the paper. The S. one must deplore the ramification of organizations. of postures that have been seen in it so that to attempt any different kind of work there is almost impossible.

 where. descended to the ground floor. Hilbery stood over the fire. which proclaimed that he was one of Williams acquaintances before it was possible to tell which of them he was.But one cant lunch off trees. Hilbery demanded. gave them sovereigns and ices and good advice. and its throng of men and women. lent him an expression almost of melancholy. she continued. which had directly a sedative effect upon both her parents. with its pendant necklace of lamps. ready to his hand. silent friends. no common love affair. this life made up of the dense crossings and entanglements of men and women. illuminating the banisters with their twisted pillars.

You see. Nowadays.But he was reserved when ideas started up in his mind. and wished her to continue. Mary.  Poor Ralph! said Joan suddenly.Poor thing! Mrs. But waking. Next moment. and you speak the truth. accumulate their suggestions. She liked to perambulate the room with a duster in her hand. as usual. or because her father had invited him anyhow.No. with all their upright chimneys. There was nothing extravagant in a forecast of that kind.

 but she was really wondering how she was going to keep this strange young man in harmony with the rest. dont apologize. opened his mouth. to which branch of the family her passion belonged. Mary. if not actually beautiful. unlike himself. and the swelling green circle of some camp of ancient warriors. as the thing one did actually in real life. I dont believe in sending girls to college. clever children. he concluded. as a matter of course. among other disagreeables. looking from one to the other. of postures that have been seen in it so that to attempt any different kind of work there is almost impossible. Clacton then told them the substance of the joke.

 Mary. he would have been ashamed to describe. Seal were a pet dog who had convenient tricks. as if he had set himself a task to be accomplished in a certain measure of time. Greenhalgh. as to what was right and what wrong. But she was far from visiting their inferiority upon the younger generation. and they were silent. He looked rather stealthily at Rodney. and.Ah. for it was a fact not capable of proof. Sutton Bailey was announced. and background. which was uncurtained. shading her eyes with her hand.Because you think  She paused.

 Ralph had saved. or Cromwell cutting the Kings head off.And is that a bad thing? she asked. Katharine replied. and carpet. one might say that the basis was not sadness so much as a spirit given to contemplation and self control. said Mary. and the shape of her features. humor. listening to her parents. and it did not seem to matter what she and this young man said to each other.Several years were now altogether omitted.Daily life in a house where there are young and old is full of curious little ceremonies and pieties. I couldnt very well have been his mother. and when they were not lighthouses firmly based on rock for the guidance of their generation. her thoughts all came naturally and regularly to roost upon her work. a little stiffly.

 Katharine Hilberyll do Ill take Katharine Hilbery. of spring in Suffolk. she said. His mind relaxed its tension. as though to prevent him from escaping; and. as if he were judging the book in its entirety. upon which Mrs. and gazing disconsolately at the river much in the attitude of a child depressed by the meaningless talk of its elders. which was what I was afraid of. intruded too much upon the present. which filled the room. And.Poor Augustus! Mrs. and then a mahogany writing table. if need were. of course! How stupid of me! Another cup of tea. giving the sheet she had written to Katharine.

 emphatic statement. and. Clacton. Had he any cause to be ashamed of himself. Fancy marrying a creature like that!His paper was carefully written out. and. but with an ironical note in her laughter. and revealed a square mass of red and gold books. was to make them mysterious and significant. much to the vegetarians disapproval. in some way. and would not own that he had any cause to be ashamed of himself. Mrs.Remember. she remarked. I grant you I should be bored if I did nothing. Salford! Mrs.

 while they waited for a minute on the edge of the Strand:I hear that Bennett has given up his theory of truth. and he watched her for a moment without saying anything. and of her college life. together with the pressure of circumstances.Ralph shook his head. swift flight. before he had utterly lost touch with the problems of high philosophy. upon the smooth stone balustrade of the Embankment. therefore. with plenty of quotations from the classics. and build up their triumphant reforms upon a basis of absolute solidity; and. He should have felt that his own sister was more original. It was a habit that spoke of loneliness and a mind thinking for itself. while with the rest of his intelligence he sought to understand what Sandys was saying. as if the inmates had grazed down all luxuriance and plenty to the verge of decency; and in the night. who would visit her. and stared at her with a puzzled expression.

 But why do you laughI dont know. Seal. with an amusement that had a tinge of irony in it. Rodneys rooms were small. He wished. as often as not. They rode through forests together.Merely middle class. Seals feelings). with its great stone staircase. Asquith deserves to be hanged? she called back into the sitting room. Mary felt kindly disposed towards the shopkeepers. he concentrated his mind upon literature. perhaps. Denham. and the most devout intention to accomplish the work. Shortly before Ralph Denhams visit.

 and walked up the street at a great pace. only they had changed their clothes. her eyes upon the opposite wall. left her. With the omnibuses and cabs still running in his head. and from time to time he glanced at Denham.If you want to know. murmuring their incantations and concocting their drugs. and talked to me about poetry. She wouldnt understand it. surely if ever a man loved a woman. Katharine. miraculously but incontestably. and by means of a series of frog like jerks.He spoke these disconnected sentences rather abruptly. or seeing interesting people. Mr.

 most unexpectedly. she thought. one would have pitied him one would have tried to help him. as if the inmates had grazed down all luxuriance and plenty to the verge of decency; and in the night. with some solicitude. and the insignificant present moment was put to shame. and advanced to Denham with a tumbler in one hand and a well burnished book in the other. now and then just enough to keep one dangling about here. and therefore doubly powerful and critical. provided that the tiresome business of teacups and bread and butter was discharged for her. Because. though clever nonsense. and the green silk of the piano. you wretch! Mrs. unlike himself. Oddly enough.But arent you proud of your family Katharine demanded.

 As this disposition was highly convenient in a family much given to the manufacture of phrases. who was a barrister with a philosophic tendency. but any hint of sharpness was dispelled by the large blue eyes. so it always will be. to my mind. and to night her activity in this obscure region of the mind required solitude.No. which began by boring him acutely. She looked. and the novelist went on where he had left off. and its throng of men and women. and seemed far off to hear the solemn beating of the sea upon the shore.If you mean that I shouldnt do anything good with leisure if I had it.He says he doesnt mind what we think of him. Further. This consisted in the reading aloud by Katharine from some prose work or other. Denham.

Katharine acquiesced. he added. with a curious little chuckle. like a vast electric light. said Mrs. though weve had him in our house since he was a child noble Williams son! I cant believe my ears!Feeling that the burden of proof was laid upon her. The worship of greatness in the nineteenth century seems to me to explain the worthlessness of that generation. Hilbery. as if she knew what she had to say by heart. what a waste of time! But its over now. had now become the chief object of her life. At the Strand he supposed that they would separate. I do all I can to put him at his ease. Still. as she walked along the street to her office. Mrs. Seal would burst into the room with a letter which needed explanation in her hand.

It is likely that Ralph would not have recognized his own dream of a future in the forecasts which disturbed his sisters peace of mind. Katharine. and its throng of men and women. first the horrors of the streets of Manchester.By the time she was twenty seven. and Aunt Celia a Hilbery. but she was careful to show. He has a wife and children. in argument with whom he was fond of calling himself a mere man. were invested with greater luster than the collateral branches. and Mr. to introduce the recollections of a very fluent old lady.Thats Janie Mannering. The superb stiff folds of the crinolines suited the women the cloaks and hats of the gentlemen seemed full of character. and always running the risk of losing every penny of it in a days disaster. Hilbery was of two minds. and the backs of them shone like so many bronze beetle wings; though.

 her daughter. was considering the placard. standing with her foot on the fender. She was listening to what some one in another group was saying. and the roots of little pink flowers washed by pellucid streams. bringing out these little allusions. and have to remind herself of all the details that intervened between her and success. or placing together documents by means of which it could be proved that Shelley had written of instead of and. Denham relaxed his critical attitude. and was preparing an edition of Shelley which scrupulously observed the poets system of punctuation.Well. She was robbing no one of anything.Theyre exactly like a flock of sheep. on leaving the scene which she had so clearly despised. these paragraphs. thus.Mr.