Booth Tarkington

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

The Magnificent Ambersons — Chapter VIII (1918)

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“The Magnificent Ambersons — Chapter VIII”, published in 1918, is a work by Booth Tarkington. It explores elements such as cotillion, George and Morgan.

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

“ So she wanted to get married! And wanted George's mother to help her with this horseless-carriage widower!
“Well, I will be shot!” he muttered aloud. “I will—I certainly will be shot!” And he began to laugh. “Lord 'lmighty!”
But presently, at the thought of the horseless-carriage widower's daughter, his grimness returned, and he resolved upon a line of conduct for the evening. He would nod to her carelessly when he first saw her; and, after that, he would notice her no more: he would not dance with her; he would not favour her in the cotillion—he would not go near her! ”

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

“ But George was glummer than the December twilight now swiftly closing in.
“That darned horse!” he said.
“I wouldn't bother about Pendennis, Georgie,” said his uncle. “You can send a man out for what's left of the cutter to-morrow, and Pendennis will gallop straight home to his stable: he'll be there a long while before we will, because all we've got to depend on to get us home is Gene Morgan's broken-down chafing-dish yonder.”
They were approaching the machine as he spoke, and his friend, again underneath it, heard him. He emerged, smiling. “She'll go,” he said. ”

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

“ Fanny cried impatiently. “Eugene Morgan isn't in your father's thoughts at all, one way or the other. Why should he be?”
George hesitated. “Well—it strikes me—— Look here, what makes you and—and everybody—so excited over him?”
“Excited!” she jeered. “Can't people be glad to see an old friend without silly children like you having to make a to-do about it? I've just been in your mother's room suggesting that she might give a little dinner for them——”
“For who?”
“For whom, Georgie! For Mr. Morgan and his daughter.”
“Look here!” George said quickly. “Don't do that! Mother mustn't do that. ”

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

“ Meanwhile, his mother and Morgan continued their talk; but he could no longer hear what they said; the noise of the car and his uncle's songful mood prevented. He marked how animated Isabel seemed; it was not strange to see his mother so gay, but it was strange that a man not of the family should be the cause of her gaiety. And George sat frowning.
Fanny Minafer had begun to talk to Lucy. “Your father wanted to prove that his horseless carriage would run, even in the snow,” she said. “It really does, too.” ”

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

“ Brother George said he'd go with us.”
“Look here,” said George abruptly. “How about this man Morgan and his old sewing-machine? Doesn't he want to get grandfather to put money into it? Isn't he trying to work Uncle George for that? Isn't that what he's up to?”
It was Miss Fanny who responded. “You little silly!” she cried, with surprising sharpness. “What on earth are you talking about? Eugene Morgan's perfectly able to finance his own inventions these days.” ”

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

“ Her voice had a sound of genuineness, very pleasant; and George began to forget his annoyance with her father. This annoyance of his had not been alleviated by the circumstance that neither of the seats of the old sewing-machine was designed for three people, but when his neighbour spoke thus gratefully, he no longer minded the crowding—in fact, it pleased him so much that he began to wish the old sewing-machine would go even slower. And she had spoken no word of blame for his letting that darned horse get the cutter into the ditch. ”

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

“ George, thoroughly hurt, and not a little embittered, expressed himself in a short outburst of laughter: “Well, I ought to have seen it!”
“Seen what?”
“That you might turn out to be a girl who'd like a fellow of the red-headed Kinney sort. I ought to have seen it from the first!”
Lucy bore her disgrace lightly. “Oh, dancing a cotillion with a person doesn't mean that you like him—but I don't see anything in particular the matter with Mr. Kinney. What is?”
“If you don't see anything the matter with him for yourself,” George responded, icily, “I don't think pointing it out would help you. ”

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

“ People that own elephants don't take them elephants around with 'em when they go visiting. What's he got it here for?”
“I'm sure I don't know,” said Mr. Minafer, resuming his paper. “You might ask him.” ”

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