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“At tea a misfortune took place: a cup of coffee was upset on Lucy’s figured silk, and though Lucy feigned indifference her mother feigned nothing of the sort…”

“The faults of Mary—I forget the faults of Mary, but they are very grave.”

On chapter 4 now. Really good so far.

“She gave two or three sighs, for the stooping posture hurt her back, and, for all her diplomacy, she felt that she was growing old”

“[The] ladies bought some hot chestnut paste out of a little shop, because it looked so typical. It tasted partly of the paper in which it was wrapped, partly of hair-oil, partly of the great unknown.”

i don’t know why i didn’t like this the first time

Why can’t they just say directly what they mean

The titles ranging from plain “FOURTH CHAPTER” to “REVEREND ARTHUR BEEBE, THE REVEREND CUTHBERT EAGER, MR. EMERSON, MR. GEORGE EMERSON, MISS ELEANOR LAVISH, MISS CHARLOTTE BARTLETT, ANS MOSS LUCY HONEYCHURCH DRIVE OUT IN CARRIAGES TO SEE A VIEW; ITALIANS DRIVE THEM” is so 😭🤣