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Chapter 17

           "Howyoumustdetestdininginthisbeargarden,"shesaid,makinguse,asshedidwhenshewasdistracted,ofhersocialmanner.So,whenthereisastrifeoftongues,atsomemeeting,thechairman,toobtainunity,suggeststhateveryoneshallspeakinFrench.PerhapsitisbadFrench;Frenchmaynotcontainthewordsthatexpressthespeaker’sthoughts;neverthelessspeakingFrenchimposessomeorder,someuniformity.Replyingtoherinthesamelanguage,Mr.Bankessaid,"No,notatall,"andMr.Tansley,whohadnoknowledgeofthislanguage,evenspokethusinwordsofonesyllable,atoncesuspecteditsinsincerity.Theydidtalknonsense,hethought,theRamsays;andhepouncedonthisfreshinstancewithjoy,makinganotewhich,oneofthesedays,hewouldreadaloud,tooneortwofriends.There,inasocietywhereonecouldsaywhatonelikedhewouldsarcasticallydescribe"stayingwiththeRamsays"andwhatnonsensetheytalked.Itwasworthwhiledoingitonce,hewouldsay;butnotagain.Thewomenboredoneso,hewouldsay.OfcourseRamsayhaddishedhimselfbymarryingabeautifulwomanandhavingeightchildren.Itwouldshapeitselfsomethinglikethat,butnow,atthismoment,sittingstucktherewithanemptyseatbesidehim,nothinghadshapeditselfatall.Itwasallinscrapsandfragments.Hefeltextremely,evenphysically,uncomfortable.Hewantedsomebodytogivehimachanceofassertinghimself.

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