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The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. / Awakening / To Let

Chapter 10 JUNE'S TREAT

Word Count: 2285    |    Released on: 04/12/2017

e; the women facing on

ellent, if a little thick; and fish

ed: "It's the f

tly: "Yes-the fi

there isn't a breath o

rom Dover. And Bilson brought champagne, a b

: "You'll f

illed about the legs. They were r

er take a cutlet, June;

e borne away. And then Irene asked:

got a hunting-song. As I came

uch a d

Spring chick

very poor. Bosinney, glass of sherry with

w I never do. Wine'

dish, and smilingly Irene said: "The

red: "Wonderful! The s

ou like the scent? Su

and Soames remarked: "

wed. Irene, beckoning, said: "Take out the az

it stay,"

laced on little plates. And Soames remarked: "Wh

water, please." Water was given her. A silver tray was brought, with Germa

he stones: "This year

re was such a glorious sunset. The

: "Undernea

nd June cried scornfu

silver box. Soames, taking one, rem

Turkish coffee follo

quietly, said

hat?" s

ould always b

nded; it was

sinney, better t

k a glass; t

a cab?" as

cloaks please, Bilson."

mured: "Such a lovely night

, I hope you'll bot

ne answered: "Th

cried: "I

ring smile, and said

oor Irene wa

alled: "Go

" she answer

f a 'bus, saying she wanted air, and ther

spring had got into his blood, too; he felt the need for letting steam escape, and clucked his tongue, flourishing his whip, wheel

ift the breeze could bring. New-lighted lamps were gaining mastery, and the faces of the crowd showed

en-those women who at that time of night are solitary-solitary and moving eastward in a stream-swung slowly along, with

ir of spring. And one and all, like those clubmen with their opened coats, had shed something of caste, and creed, and custom, and by the

boxes. The piece had just begun, and the half-darkened house, with its rows of creatures

Grogan and Boyne's, on his way home from the City, long before the day; carried in his overcoat pocket, together with his cigar-case and his old kid gloves, and handed to June to keep till the appointed night. And in those stalls-an erect old figure w

over's sake; she had expected it to break up the thick, chilly cloud, and make the relations between them which of late had been so puzzling, so tormenting-sunny and simple again as they had been before the winter. She had

scious of her troub

d. The first act h

!" said the girl; "I s

her nerves thus sharpened she saw everythi

the street; she took possession of this, and stood le

could bear i

omething to you,

es

to her cheek, the words flying to her lips: "You don't giv

n at the street. He

I want to do everything for you-tha

desperate struggle was going on within her. Should she put everything to the proof? Should she challenge directly that influence, that a

was watching, she searched his face, saw it waver and hesitate, saw a troubled line come bet

shouldn't be in t

ffort, and said: "I

going to

ders, and answered: "An engagement that wi

er word, but she could not help the tears of rage rolling down her face. The ho

tes let no man think himse

las's youngest daughter, with her marrie

how they had seen June and

the dress circle, of course. That seemed to be

ted how she had kicked a man's hat as she returned to her seat in the middle of an act, and how the man had looked. Euphemia had a noted, silent laugh, terminating most disappointingly in squeaks; and

a-at! Oh! I

er treat,' was the most miserable she had ever spent. God kno

eeling that her lover must be conquered was strong enough to sustain her t

lipped up to her own room, but old Jolyon, who had

id. "It's been kept hot for you. Yo

he mantelpiece, as her grandfather had done when he came in that night

ed at S

roperty! His wife

es

im, and when she turned her face, he dropped his scrutiny at once. He had seen enough, and too much. He bent down to lift the cu

him, he said: "Good-night, my darling," in a tone so tremulous and unexpected, that it was all the girl cou

on dropped his paper, and stared l

t. 'I always knew she'd

that he felt himself powerless to check or con

t my grand-daughter?" But how could he? Knowing little or nothing, he was yet certain, with his unerring as

t. He's unpractical, he has no method. When he comes here, he sits as glum as a monkey. If I ask him what wine he'll have, he says: "Thanks, any wine." If I offer him a cigar, he smokes it as if it were a twopenny German thing. I never se

paper; in its columns, perch

, where the spring wind came, after its revel across

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1 Chapter 1 'AT HOME' AT OLD JOLYON'S2 Chapter 2 OLD JOLYON GOES TO THE OPERA3 Chapter 3 DINNER AT SWITHIN'S4 Chapter 4 PROJECTION OF THE HOUSE5 Chapter 5 A FORSYTE MENAGE6 Chapter 6 JAMES AT LARGE7 Chapter 7 OLD JOLYON'S PECCADILLO8 Chapter 8 PLANS OF THE HOUSE9 Chapter 9 PROGRESS OF THE HOUSE10 Chapter 10 JUNE'S TREAT11 Chapter 11 DRIVE WITH SWITHIN12 Chapter 12 JAMES GOES TO SEE FOR HIMSELF13 Chapter 13 SOAMES AND BOSINNEY CORRESPOND14 Chapter 14 OLD JOLYON AT THE ZOO15 Chapter 15 AFTERNOON AT TIMOTHY'S16 Chapter 16 DANCE AT ROGER'S17 Chapter 17 EVENING AT RICHMOND18 Chapter 18 DIAGNOSIS OF A FORSYTE19 Chapter 19 BOSINNEY ON PAROLE20 Chapter 20 JUNE PAYS SOME CALLS21 Chapter 21 PERFECTION OF THE HOUSE22 Chapter 22 MRS. MACANDER'S EVIDENCE23 Chapter 23 NIGHT IN THE PARK24 Chapter 24 MEETING AT THE BOTANICAL25 Chapter 25 VOYAGE INTO THE INFERNO26 Chapter 26 THE TRIAL27 Chapter 27 SOAMES BREAKS THE NEWS28 Chapter 28 JUNE'S VICTORY29 Chapter 29 BOSINNEY'S DEPARTURE30 Chapter 30 AT TIMOTHY'S31 Chapter 31 EXIT A MAN OF THE WORLD32 Chapter 32 SOAMES PREPARES TO TAKE STEPS33 Chapter 33 SOHO34 Chapter 34 JAMES SEES VISIONS35 Chapter 35 NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME36 Chapter 36 THE COLT AND THE FILLY37 Chapter 37 JOLYON PROSECUTES TRUSTEESHIP38 Chapter 38 VAL HEARS THE NEWS39 Chapter 39 SOAMES ENTERTAINS THE FUTURE40 Chapter 40 AND VISITS THE PAST41 Chapter 41 ON FORSYTE 'CHANGE42 Chapter 42 JOLYON FINDS OUT WHERE HE IS43 Chapter 43 THE THIRD GENERATION44 Chapter 44 SOAMES PUTS IT TO THE TOUCH45 Chapter 45 VISIT TO IRENE46 Chapter 46 WHERE FORSYTES FEAR TO TREAD47 Chapter 47 JOLLY SITS IN JUDGMENT48 Chapter 48 JOLYON IN TWO MINDS49 Chapter 49 DARTIE VERSUS DARTIE50 Chapter 50 THE CHALLENGE51 Chapter 51 DINNER AT JAMES'52 Chapter 52 DEATH OF THE DOG BALTHASAR53 Chapter 53 TIMOTHY STAYS THE ROT54 Chapter 54 PROGRESS OF THE CHASE55 Chapter 55 'HERE WE ARE AGAIN!'56 Chapter 56 SOAMES IN PARIS57 Chapter 57 IN THE WEB58 Chapter 58 RICHMOND PARK59 Chapter 59 OVER THE RIVER60 Chapter 60 SOAMES ACTS61 Chapter 61 A SUMMER DAY62 Chapter 62 A SUMMER NIGHT63 Chapter 63 JAMES IN WAITING64 Chapter 64 OUT OF THE WEB65 Chapter 65 PASSING OF AN AGE66 Chapter 66 SUSPENDED ANIMATION67 Chapter 67 BIRTH OF A FORSYTE68 Chapter 68 JAMES IS TOLD69 Chapter 69 HIS