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E,. M . F O R S T E R A N O V E L W W *NORTON & COMPANY INC New York London Copyright @ 1971 by the trusteesof the Iate E. M. Forster Rebed as a Norton paperback 1987 Printed in the United States of America Library of Con- Catalog Card No. 76-170181 ISBN 0-393-0002b-5 W. W. Nonon & Company, Inc, 5UO Fifth Avenue, Ncw York, N.Y. 10110 W. W. Norton &Company M.. 37 Great Russell S m hndon WClB BNU Dedicated to a Happier Year P A R T Onceatermthewholeschaolwentforawantthat 1 Ptosaythethreemutwtookpart~swellasallthe boys. It w d y a pleasant outing, and everyone looked for- wardtoit,forgot&s~andbehavedwitbfreedom.Lest d&dpltaeshonld&,ittook~justbehethehoMays, when leniency does no harm, and indeed it seemed more like a twat at home than sdmd, for Mrs Abrahams, the Principal's wife, would meet them at the tea place wfth some lady friends, a d be hospitable and motherly. Mr Abrahams was a preparatory sckaalm- of the old-fash- fwed sorb He oared neither.for work nor games, but fed his bays well and saw that they did not mfsbehave. The rest he left CtheparemCa,anddidnotspecalatehawmuchthep~ts were hvfngtohim.Amtdmutualcomplimentstheboyspassedout into a pow school, healthy but l m h d , to recaive upon un- ~ ~ t h e E t R t b l o w s 0 f t h e ~ I d . T h e r e b m n c h t o L . m srlaforapethY h e d m a n d ~ r Abrahadspuptlsdid~ dobsdlyin'thdongmn,becameparentsfnthefrttun,andfn sonte cases sent him their sons. Mr Reed, the junior assisbnt, was a mastPo of the same type, only stupider, while Mr Dude, the stinior, acted as a stimuIant, and prevated the whole mncarn from going to sleep, They did not lllte him much, but lcnew that he was necessary, Mr Dude was an able man, orthodox, but not mtaf teach with tfte world, nor incapable of seeing both sides M A U R I C E of a qaestfon. H e m unsuitable for parent# and the denser bop, batgwdfortheBrstfonn, and had men cmchedpapjlsinto a scholar&@ Nor was he a bad or-, Wbile akthg to hold therein0 and topreder Mr Read, Mr Abrahams really allowed Mr Dude a free hand and ended by taking him into partnership. Mr Dude always had sonding on his mind. On tMe oocasion itwasHaII,oneof theobrbays, who wasleavbgthemnto go to a pubh s o h d He wanted to have a "good talV with Ha& ~ t h e ~ g . H i s & g a a o ~ ~ i t w a u l d l e r n r e themr~to&sandthePrfnofpal~thathehadakeady CalbedtoHall,andtbattheboywaddprefeototakeMslastwalk w f t h M s ~ o a l - ~ ~ w i i s p a o b a b l e , b r r t M r D o d e ~ aevladetenedfnmrdcdngWhatis~Hesmeedandwasai. lent A&Readlmewwhatthe*goodWwuldbe,bol:earlyin thedr aqdnmm t l q had aoached on a oertafn theme p r a b &mally. Mt Readbaddisappzwed.'Thinice,"hehadsaid.The Wdpal neither knew nor d d have wlahed to know, Patting fmmhispupDswiaentheywem~heforgattheybadde velopedfntom~They~edtohfma~smalllnxtcclm-
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