John Galsworthy

Name: The Man of Property — Chapter 8. Bosinney's Departure
Author: John Galsworthy

The Man of Property — Chapter 8… (1922)

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“The Man of Property — Chapter 8. Bosinney's Departure”, published in 1922, is a work by John Galsworthy. It explores elements such as Jolyon, Forsytes and Bosinney.

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John Galsworthy, The Man of Property — Chapter 8… (1922)

“ Whence comes it, how comes it—Death? Sudden reverse of all that goes before; blind setting forth on a path that leads to—where? Dark quenching of the fire! The heavy, brutal crushing—out that all men must go through, keeping their eyes clear and brave unto the end! Small and of no import, insects though they are! And across old Jolyon's face there flitted a gleam, for Soames, murmuring to the Inspector, crept noiselessly away.
Then suddenly James raised his eyes. ”

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John Galsworthy, The Man of Property — Chapter 8… (1922)

“ To every man of great age—to Sir Walter Bentham himself—the idea of suicide has once at least been present in the ante-room of his soul; on the threshold, waiting to enter, held out from the inmost chamber by some chance reality, some vague fear, some painful hope. To Forsytes that final renunciation of property is hard. Oh! it is hard! Seldom—perhaps never—can they achieve, it; and yet, how near have they not sometimes been!
So even with James! Then in the medley of his thoughts, he broke out: "Why I saw it in the paper yesterday: 'Run over in the fog!' They didn't know his name!" ”

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John Galsworthy, The Man of Property — Chapter 8… (1922)

“ James gazed up at him with opening mouth; he had never seen his brother look like this.
Old Jolyon raised his hand, and said slowly:
"Young Bosinney has been run over in the fog and killed."
Then standing above his brother and his nephew, and looking down at him with his deep eyes: "There's—some—talk—of—suicide," he said.
James' jaw dropped. "Suicide! What should he do that for?"
Old Jolyon answered sternly: "God knows, if you and your son don't!"
But James did not reply.
For all men of great age, even for all Forsytes, life has had bitter experiences. ”

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John Galsworthy, The Man of Property — Chapter 8… (1922)

“ For no one so madly in love committed suicide for want of money; nor was Bosinney the sort of fellow to set much store by a financial crisis. And so he too rejected this theory of suicide, the dead man's face rose too clearly before him. Gone in the heyday of his summer—and to believe thus that an accident had cut Bosinney off in the full sweep of his passion was more than ever pitiful to young Jolyon. ”

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John Galsworthy, The Man of Property — Chapter 8… (1922)

“ I'm told that new house of his is a white elephant."
"I don't know anything about a white elephant," said James, "I know he's lost his case, and I should say he'll go bankrupt."
Old Jolyon was not slow to seize the opportunity this gave him.
"I shouldn't wonder a bit!" he agreed; "and if he goes bankrupt, the 'man of property'—that is, Soames'll be out of pocket. Now, what I was thinking was this: If he's not going to live there——"
Seeing both surprise and suspicion in James' eye, he quickly went on: "I don't want to know anything; I suppose Irene's put her foot down—it's not material to me. ”

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John Galsworthy, The Man of Property — Chapter 8… (1922)

“ Or so at all events young Jolyon seemed to see them, lying around Bosinney's body.
He asked the Inspector to tell him what had happened, and the latter, like a man who does not every day get such a chance, again detailed such facts as were known.
"There's more here, sir, however," he said, "than meets the eye. I don't believe in suicide, nor in pure accident, myself. ”

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John Galsworthy, The Man of Property — Chapter 8… (1922)

“ And he had felt so happy; he had not felt like it for months. His confession to June was off his mind; he had the prospect of his son's, above all, of his grandchildren's company in the future— (he had appointed to meet young Jolyon at the Hotch Potch that very manning to—discuss it again) ; and there was the pleasurable excitement of a coming encounter, a coming victory, over James and the 'man of property' in the matter of the house.
He had the carriage closed now; he had no heart to look on gaiety; nor was it right that Forsytes should be seen driving with an Inspector of Police. ”

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John Galsworthy, The Man of Property — Chapter 8… (1922)

“ He took from his pocket a little packet and laid it on the table. Carefully undoing it, he revealed a lady's handkerchief, pinned through the folds with a pin of discoloured Venetian gold, the stone of which had fallen from the socket. ”

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