His favourite, Cam, was in bed, he supposed. Some
weight was taken off them; anything might happen,she felt.
Really, she sometimesthought she liked the boobies
best.
Then, said Mr Bankes, there is that liquid the
English call coffee. He remembered that because he always thought it such a good
namefor a villain. His favourite, Cam, was in bed, he supposed. Theywere only
playing with things on their plates. There was a lot in that young man after
all.
They had to listen to him when he said that he had
beenwith his uncle in a lighthouse in a storm. He read one of them every six months,
he said. He had said nothing, he wouldhave her observe.
She knew what had happened to them, what
toher.
But already bored, Lily felt that something was
lacking;Mr Bankes felt that something was lacking. It was in this sort of state that
one asked oneself, Whatdoes one live for?
Not so very, he thought, looking at thoserather
untidy boys.
She actually said with an emotion that she seldom
letappear, Let me come with you, and he laughed.
The cook had spent three days over that dish.
Probably, Mr Bankes thought, as Tansley abused thegovernment, there is a good deal
in what he says. The children are disgraceful, she said, sighing. Russian names were
impossible, said Mrs Ramsay.
Pulling her shawl round herMrs Ramsay felt that
something was lacking.
But perhaps, thought MrBankes, as he looked at Mr
Tansley, here is the man. He seemed to be rather cocksure, thisyoung man; and his
manners were bad. Is it good, is it bad, is it right orwrong? Always she got her own
way in the end, Lily thought. He seemed to be rather cocksure, thisyoung man; and
his manners were bad.
Andrew, she said, hold your plate lower, or I shall
spill it.
But she wished it was not necessary:perhaps it was
her fault that it was necessary.
William Bankes was praising the Waverly
novels.
Some weight was taken off them; anything might
happen,she felt.
He hated everything dragging on for hours like
this.
Whatdid they know about the fishing industry? His
manners weredelightful to her, and his sharp cut nose and his bright blue eyes. His
manners weredelightful to her, and his sharp cut nose and his bright blue eyes.