It was necessary for him to make a stand. He craved
to push out theincreasing noise of the world and to shut an autocratic dooragainst
it. You must see the other persons point of view.
Didnt you feel pretty desperate, sometimes, pater?
Grapps antique business,put in an energetic manager, and refresh the stock. She
called at Fullers and purchasedchocolates. Hethought of the shabby old blue trousers
his father had worn in theold days.
Their distinctive characteristicsbecame emphasized
or softened. His self-conscious rigidity became painful. Sorrells feeling was that
forKit woman was not upon a pedestal.
She wants me to spend a few days there when I go
down. Poor old father has forgotten how to grind the facesof the poor. I have been
walking, said Kit; in the Park. If anyone appreciated the pretty and nicely
wingedjibes in Punch, Sorrell appreciated them. His laughter both attracted and
annoyed her. Fluffy Tarrant was like a pot of marmalade,but she was as hard as the
pot. She made him playtennis and golf croquet with her, and she was ready to cheat
withfierce assurance.
They take things rather seriously, the Pentreaths.
Sorrell had an inspiration in the matter of rechristening thebusiness.
Have you ever heard offellows being afraid of
London?
That left him a very comfortablemargin, and it was
the margin that had value. He sat, rigid, lookingstraight through the glass screen
at the road winding between thepines.
Maurice flinched; he flinched too easily. He played
a fair game of tennis, could handle a gun,and swim a mile.
Duggan dropped in to make sure of her
dinnertable.
Hestood on the bridge spanning the water and
watched the variouswater-birds.
Fluffy Tarrant occupied one of the swivel seats,
and atechocolates, or smoked cigarettes. Fluffy Tarrant was like a pot of
marmalade,but she was as hard as the pot.