Booth Tarkington

Name: The Magnificent Ambersons — Chapter VI
Author: Booth Tarkington

The Magnificent Ambersons — Chapter VI (1918)

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“The Magnificent Ambersons — Chapter VI”, published in 1918, is a work by Booth Tarkington. It explores elements such as Georgie Minafer, angel and Amberson.

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Booth Tarkington, The Magnificent Ambersons — Chapter VI (1918)

“ Kinney affected to rub his eyes. “It startles me, your jumping up like that to go and dance with Isabel Amberson! Twenty years seem to have passed—but have they? Tell me, have you danced with poor old Fanny, too, this evening?”
“Twice!”
“My Lord!” Kinney groaned, half in earnest. “Old times starting all over again! My Lord!”
“Old times?” Morgan laughed gaily from the doorway. “Not a bit! There aren’t any old times. When times are gone they’re not old, they’re dead! There aren’t any times but new times!” ”

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Booth Tarkington, The Magnificent Ambersons — Chapter VI (1918)

“ Eugene Morgan at this very time were concerned with George Amberson Minafer, rather casually, it is true. Mr. Morgan had retired to a room set apart for smoking, on the second floor, and had found a grizzled gentleman lounging in solitary possession.
“’Gene Morgan!” this person exclaimed, rising with great heartiness. “I’d heard you were in town—I don’t believe you know me!”
“Yes, I do, Fred Kinney!” Mr. Morgan returned with equal friendliness. “Your real face—the one I used to know—it’s just underneath the one you’re masquerading in to-night. ”

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Booth Tarkington, The Magnificent Ambersons — Chapter VI (1918)

“ When a son cuts somebody’s throat the mother only sees it’s possible for a misguided angel to act like a devil—and she’s entirely right about that!”
Kinney laughed, and put his hand on his friend’s shoulder. “I remember what a fellow you always were to argue,” he said. “You mean Georgie Minafer is as much of an angel as any murderer is, and that Georgie’s mother is always right.”
“I’m afraid she always has been,” Morgan said lightly. ”

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Booth Tarkington, The Magnificent Ambersons — Chapter VI (1918)

“ At least, so it seemed to me.”
“No,” said Morgan, a little awkwardly. “No——”
Kinney relieved the slight embarrassment that had come upon both of them: he laughed again. “Wait till you know young Georgie a little better,” he said. “Something tells me you’re going to change your mind about his having an angel to show, if you see anything of him!”
“You mean beauty’s in the eye of the beholder, and the angel is all in the eye of the mother. If you were a painter, Fred, you’d paint mothers with angels’ eyes holding imps in their laps. Me, I’ll stick to the Old Masters and the cherubs.” ”

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Booth Tarkington, The Magnificent Ambersons — Chapter VI (1918)

“ Isabel was dancing with the queer-looking duck; and it was to be noted that the lively gentleman’s gait was more sedate than it had been with Miss Fanny Minafer, but not less dexterous and authoritative. ”

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Booth Tarkington, The Magnificent Ambersons — Chapter VI (1918)

“ In that time have you looked at Georgie and seen an angel?”
“No. All I saw was a remarkably good-looking fool-boy with the pride of Satan and a set of nice new drawing-room manners that he probably couldn’t use more than half an hour at a time without busting.”
“Then what——”
“Mothers are right,” said Morgan. “Do you think this young George is the same sort of creature when he’s with his mother that he is when he’s bulldozing your boy Fred? Mothers see the angel in us because the angel is there. If it’s shown to the mother, the son has got an angel to show, hasn’t he? ”

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Booth Tarkington, The Magnificent Ambersons — Chapter VI (1918)

“ George said, in no unkindly spirit. “Those things are never going to amount to anything. People aren’t going to spend their lives lying on their backs in the road and letting grease drip in their faces. Horseless carriages are pretty much a failure, and your father better not waste his time on ’em.” ”

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Booth Tarkington, The Magnificent Ambersons — Chapter VI (1918)

“ I use both of ’em a great deal myself,” said George. “One thing I don’t see though: What’s the use of a man being six-feet-three? Men that size can’t handle themselves as well as a man about five-feet-eleven and a half can. ”

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Booth Tarkington, The Magnificent Ambersons — Chapter VI (1918)

“ Haven’t you got a partner?”
“She’s sitting around waiting for me somewhere,” said George. “See here: Who is this fellow Morgan that Aunt Fanny Minafer was dancing with a while?”
Amberson laughed. “He’s a man with a pretty daughter, Georgie. ”

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