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UNIT 1. John Galsworthy, The man of Property (excerpt)
UNIT 2
John Galsworthy,
THE MAN OF PROPERTY
Chapter III
Dinner at Swithin’s (excerpt)
Family dinners of the Forsytes observe certain tradi
tions. There are, for instance, no hors d’oeuvre. The reason
for this is unknown. Theory among the younger mem
bers traces it to the disgraceful price of oysters; it is more
probably due to a desire to come to the point, to a good
practical sense deciding at once that hors d’oeuvre are
but poor things. The Jameses alone, unable to withstand
a custom almost universal in Park Lane, are now and then
unfaithful.
A silent, almost morose, inattention to each other suc
ceeds to the subsidence into their seats, lasting till well
into the first entree, but interspersed with remarks such
as, “Tom’s bad again; I can’t tell what’s the matter with
him!” “I suppose Ann doesn’t come down in the morn
ings?” – ”What’s the name of your doctor, Fanny?”
“Stubbs?” “He’s a quack!” – ”Winifred? She’s got too
many children. Four, isn’t it? She’s as thin as a lath!” –
”What d’ you give for this sherry, Swithin? Too dry for
me!”
With the second glass of champagne, a kind of hum
makes itself heard, which, when divested of casual, ac
cessories and resolved into its primal element, is found

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