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Excerpt from The Celestial Omnibus and Other Stories
To this little circle, I, my Wife, and my two daughters made, I venture to think, a not un welcome addition. But though I liked most of the company well enough, there were two of them to whom I did not take at all. They were the artist, Leyland, and the Miss Robin sons'' nephew, Eustace.
Leyland was simply conceited and odious, and, as those qualities will be amply illustrated in my narrative, I need not enlarge upon them here. But Eustace was something besides: he was indescribably repellent.
I am fond of boys as a rule, and was quite disposed to be friendly. I and my daughters offered to take him out - ''no, walking was such a fag.'' Then I asked him to come and bathe No, he could not swim.'' Every English boy should be able to swim, I said, I will teach you myself.
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To this little circle, I, my Wife, and my two daughters made, I venture to think, a not un welcome addition. But though I liked most of the company well enough, there were two of them to whom I did not take at all. They were the artist, Leyland, and the Miss Robin sons'' nephew, Eustace.
Leyland was simply conceited and odious, and, as those qualities will be amply illustrated in my narrative, I need not enlarge upon them here. But Eustace was something besides: he was indescribably repellent.
I am fond of boys as a rule, and was quite disposed to be friendly. I and my daughters offered to take him out - ''no, walking was such a fag.'' Then I asked him to come and bathe No, he could not swim.'' Every English boy should be able to swim, I said, I will teach you myself.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
E. M. Forster
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780331496383
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.0 cm
Page Count - 175
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Contributors
Author
E. M. Forster
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781331568513
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.0 cm
Page Count - 177
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