Booth Tarkington

Name: Seventeen (novel) — Chapter XVIII
Author: Booth Tarkington

Seventeen (novel) — Chapter XVIII (1916)

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“Seventeen (novel) — Chapter XVIII”, published in 1916, is a work by Booth Tarkington. It explores elements such as Pratt, Johnnie Watson and William.

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Booth Tarkington, Seventeen (novel) — Chapter XVIII (1916)

“ The laughter of William and Joe Bullitt, designed to express cordiality, suddenly became flaccid and died. If Mr. Crooper had been a sensitive person he might have perceived the chilling disapproval in their glances, for they had just begun to be most unfavorably impressed with him. The careless loudness—almost the notoriety—with which he had uttered Miss Pratt's name, demanding loosely to be presented to her, regardless of the well-known law that a lady must first express some wish in such matters—these were indications of a coarse nature sure to be more than uncongenial to Miss Pratt. ”

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Booth Tarkington, Seventeen (novel) — Chapter XVIII (1916)

“ Voices, too, often seem misplaced; one hears, outside the door, the bass rumble of a sinister giant, and a mild boy, thin as a cricket, walks in. The contrary was George Crooper's case; his voice was an unexpected piping tenor, half falsetto and frequently girlish—as surprising as the absurd voice of an elephant.
He had the general outwardness of a vast and lumpy child. His chin had so distanced his other features that his eyes, nose, and brow seemed almost baby-like in comparison, while his mountainous legs were the great part of the rest of him. ”

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Booth Tarkington, Seventeen (novel) — Chapter XVIII (1916)

“ Both William and Joe Bullitt began to wonder why on earth Johnnie Watson didn't have any more sense than to invite such a big, fat lummox of a cousin to the party.
This severe phrase of theirs, almost simultaneous in the two minds, was not wholly a failure as a thumb-nail sketch of Mr. George Crooper. And yet there was the impressiveness of size about him, especially about his legs and chin. At seventeen and eighteen growth is still going on, sometimes in a sporadic way, several parts seeming to have sprouted faster than others. ”

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Booth Tarkington, Seventeen (novel) — Chapter XVIII (1916)

“ William groaned. "They'd think I was a lunatic, carrying an overcoat in August!"
"Not to a picnic," she said.
"Mother, it isn't a picnic, I've told you a hunderd times! You think it's one those ole-fashion things you used to go to—sit on the damp ground and eat sardines with ants all over 'em? This isn't anything like that; we just go out on the trolley to this farm-house and have noon dinner, and dance all afternoon, and have supper, and then come home on the trolley. I guess we'd hardly of got up anything as out o' date as a picnic in honor of Miss Pratt!" ”

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Booth Tarkington, Seventeen (novel) — Chapter XVIII (1916)

“ William was not a smoker—that is to say, he had made the usual boyhood experiments, finding them discouraging; and though at times he considered it humorously man-about-town to say to a smoking friend, "Well, I'll tackle one o' your ole coffin-nails," he had never made a purchase of tobacco in his life. ”

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Booth Tarkington, Seventeen (novel) — Chapter XVIII (1916)

“ Baxter stood at the top of the steps of the front porch, addressing her son, who listened impatiently and edged himself a little nearer the gate every time he shifted his weight from one foot to the other.
"Willie," she said, "you must really pay some attention to the laws of health, or you'll never live to be an old man."
"I don't want to live to be an old man," said William, earnestly. "I'd rather do what I please now and die a little sooner."
"You talk very foolishly," his mother returned. "Either come back and put on some heavier things or take your overcoat."
"My overcoat!" ”

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Booth Tarkington, Seventeen (novel) — Chapter XVIII (1916)

“ When I hit a town it don't take long till they all hear there's something doin'! You know how I am when I get started, Johnnie!" Here he turned upon William, tucking his fat arm affectionately through William's thin one. "Hi, sport! Ole Johnnie's so slow, you toddle me over and get me fixed up with this Miss Pratt, and I'll tell her you're the real stuff—after we get engaged!" ”

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Booth Tarkington, Seventeen (novel) — Chapter XVIII (1916)

“ Often the features have not quite settled down together in harmony, a mouth, for instance, appearing to have gained such a lead over the rest of a face, that even a mother may fear it can never be overtaken. ”

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