Booth Tarkington

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

The Magnificent Ambersons — Chapter VII (1918)

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“The Magnificent Ambersons — Chapter VII”, published in 1918, is a work by Booth Tarkington. It explores elements such as riffraff, cutter and snowflake.

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

“ No doubt it is true that there is more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner repented than over all the saints who consistently remain holy, and the rare, sudden gentlenesses of arrogant people have infinitely more effect than the continual gentleness of gentle people. Arrogance turned gentle melts the heart; and Lucy gave her companion a little sidelong, sunny nod of acknowledgment. George was dazzled by the quick glow of her eyes, and found himself at a loss for something to say. ”

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

“ George’s frown was not relaxed. “Yes, it is; and he ought to give that rat-trap away and sell those old horses. They’re a disgrace, all shaggy—not even clipped. I suppose he doesn’t notice it—people get awful funny when they get old; they seem to lose their self-respect, sort of.” ”

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

“ What kind of a house was that for people of any taste to build out here in the country?”
“But papa says it’s built that way on purpose. There are a lot of other houses being built in this direction, and papa says the city’s coming out this way; and in a year or two that house will be right in town.”
“It was a bum house, anyhow,” said George crossly. “I don’t even know the people that are building it. They say a lot of riffraff come to town every year nowadays and there’s other riffraff that have always lived here, and have made a little money, and act as if they owned the place. ”

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

“ George Minafer was correct thus far: the twelve miles an hour of such a machine would never overtake George’s trotter. The cutter was already scurrying between the stone pillars at the entrance to Amberson Addition. ”

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

“ It is pretty pleasant to be young, isn’t it?” She laughed absently, then appeared to become wistful. “I wonder if we really do enjoy it as much as we’ll look back and think we did! I don’t suppose so. ”

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

“ Uncle Sydney was talking about it yesterday: he says he and some of his friends are organizing a country club, and already some of these riffraff are worming into it—people he never heard of at all! Anyhow, I guess it’s pretty clear you don’t know a great deal about architecture. ”

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

“ It was not long before they were again passing Lucy’s Beautiful House, and here George thought fit to put an appendix to his remark. “You’re a funny girl, and you know a lot—but I don’t believe you know much about architecture!”
Coming toward them, black against the snowy road, was a strange silhouette. It approached moderately and without visible means of progression, so the matter seemed from a distance; but as the cutter shortened the distance, the silhouette was revealed to be Mr. Morgan’s horseless carriage, conveying four people atop: Mr. ”

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

“ Another thing I don’t think he ought to allow; a good many of these people bought big lots and they built houses on ’em; then the price of the land kept getting higher, and they’d sell part of their yards and let the people that bought it build houses on it to live in, till they haven’t hardly any of ’em got big, open yards any more, and it’s getting all too much built up. ”

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

“ Minafer!”
“Well, you see, I’m only here for two weeks.”
“I mean the sleigh!” she explained. “We’re not the only people on the street, you know.”
“Oh, they’ll keep out of the way.”
“That’s very patrician charioteering, but it seems to me a horse like this needs guidance. I’m sure he’s going almost twenty miles an hour.”
“That’s nothing,” said George; but he consented to look forward again. “He can trot under three minutes, all right.” He laughed. “I suppose your father thinks he can build a horseless carriage to go that fast!”
“They go that fast already, sometimes.”
“Yes,” said George ”

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