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The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of Galsworthy

Chapter 8 PLANS OF THE HOUSE

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ld not be recognised, without habitats, composed of circumstance, property, acquaintances, and wives, which seem to move along with them in their passage through a world compose

those rare and unfortunate men who go through life surrounded by circ

recess had been screened off to conceal the necessaries of life-a couch, an easy chair, his pipes, spirit case, novels and slippers. The business part of the room had the usual furniture; an open cupboard with

to have a bedr

appointments at twenty pounds a year, together with an odd fee once in a way, and-more wo

sh extraction, striking appearance, and Byronic tendencies-a well-known figure, in fact, in his county. Bosinney's uncle by marriage,

talk in the queerest way; he once said to me: 'My dear fellow, never let your poor wife know what you're thinking of! But I didn't follow his advice; not I! An eccentric man! He would say to Phil: 'Whet

six months with a knapsack, and all for what?-to study foreign architecture-foreign! What could he expect? And there he is-a clever young fellow-doesn't make his hundred a year! Now this engagement is the best th

ant to June, who frequently visited his

ee too much of him just now, my dear young lady. The good cause-the good cause! The young man must make his way. When I was his age I wa

at her lover found no

a

ose coincidences of which she was a mistress, Mrs. Septimus Small arrived. Thereon Bosinney rose

t with engaged people; but you mustn't let it get worse. There's

face quivering grimly, for she regarded her aunt's untimely

eople who can do anything

hin, but the only pleasure she derived from the

aneer'; people might think it odd, now that he's going to build a house for Soames.

t once; "wouldn't give that for h

l was tak

autiful taste! And Soames's little house is lo

, "that's only bec

ed to say some

r Irene like livi

enly leaped up into them; it passed; and an even more intent look took its place,

ll like it; why

ll grew

Your Uncle James says she doesn't take enough interest in life. We think-I mea

her hands beh

le Timothy wouldn't talk abo

the full height o

ut what doesn't con

punctious; she ran to

tie; but I wish they

ould be suitable, was silent; she prepared for departure, hooking her

in the hall, "I expect he's very lonely now th

ce hungrily, and with littl

tudy, where Bosinney was sitting at the table drawing birds o

rid!" Her heart was as war

was brought him to the effect that Mr. Bosinney was below, and woul

n him while I finish shaving. I'll be down i

went downstairs. He could not make her out about this house. She had said not

little court below. He hurried on with his shaving, cutting his chin twice. He

had come round to fetch

s hat and

tect's room; and pale, imperturbable, inquiring, So

last in a p

odd sort

red-in court. This court, encircled by a gallery on the upper floor, was roo

to Forsyte eyes

room cut to wast

t, and Soames did not like

he architect, "was that you should ha

as if measuring the extent of the dist

yes;

to Bosinney's face which

fifty-one by twenty-three six. This double-faced stove in the centre, here, looks one way towards the court, one way towards the picture room; this end wall is all window; You've a southeast light from that, a north light from the court. The rest of your pictures you can hang round the gallery upstairs, or in the other rooms." "In architecture," he went on-and though looking at Soames he did not seem to see him, which gave Soames an unpleasant f

far from being in the perpendicular; he was unshaven too, and his dress not

like a barrac

at once rec

modious sort, where the servants will live in garrets, and the front door be sunk so that you may come

ent of his satisfaction had been merely instinctive. It was difficult for hi

iment or run the risk of losing a good thing. Bosinney was just the fellow wh

r, exercised a peculiar and almost mesmeric effect on S

at last, "it's-it's

ke of the word 'original' that he felt he had

of thing that would please a fellow lik

ig place,

r, "you can't live like a gentleman in one o

w would he be classed with manufacturers. But his innate distrust of general principles revived. What the de

stand the c

han't be cold. Look here!" he pointed, to four marks at regular intervals on the walls of the cou

suspiciously a

l this," he said, "but

k a sheet of pape

tand that, I've compromised for a facing. It ought to have a copper roof, but I've made it

" said Soames. "Why, I gave y

a penny less," repl

take it or

ow the whole thing up. But the design was good, and he knew it-there was completeness about it, and dignity; the servants' apartment

lans, while Bosinney went into

Square in silence, Soames watchin

od-looking fellow-so he thoug

er her flowers when

ing across the Pa

, "we've still got bu

spirits, and left him to spend the afternoon with Irene, while he stole off to his pictures, after his Sunday habi

ere taking the right turn. It was lucky she and Bosinney got on;

e afternoon might have softened Bosinney's estimates. It was so purely a matter which Bosinney could remedy if he

k of sunshine through the lace of the blinds warmed her cheek, shone in the gold of her hair, and in her

aw the blind. Then he took his own cup of tea from

ght thousand after all? There must be a

tea at a gulp, put down

t o

n had touched some unintellig

y resignation; "you must hav

in absurdly high spirits. After watching him walk away at a swinging pace, Soames returned moodily to the draw

you think of 'T

le waiting for her answer,

ow," she sa

nk he's goo

seemed to Soames that

e answere

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1 Chapter 1 'AT HOME' AT OLD JOLYON'S2 Chapter 2 OLD JOLYON GOES TO THE OPERA3 Chapter 3 III 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 No.2223 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 No.6970 Chapter 70 No.7071 Chapter 71 No.7172 Chapter 72 No.7273 Chapter 73 No.7374 Chapter 74 No.7475 Chapter 75 No.7576 Chapter 76 No.7677 Chapter 77 No.7778 Chapter 78 No.7879 Chapter 79 No.7980 Chapter 80 No.8081 Chapter 81 No.8182 Chapter 82 No.8283 Chapter 83 No.8384 Chapter 84 No.8485 Chapter 85 No.8586 Chapter 86 No.8687 Chapter 87 No.8788 Chapter 88 No.8889 Chapter 89 No.8990 Chapter 90 No.9091 Chapter 91 No.9192 Chapter 92 No.9293 Chapter 93 No.9394 Chapter 94 No.9495 Chapter 95 No.9596 Chapter 96 No.9697 Chapter 97 No.9798 Chapter 98 No.9899 Chapter 99 No.99100 Chapter 100 No.100