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Updated: May 12, 2025
More than once, to his credit, he satirically recurs to the spectacle of those young Indianians who come back from their travels with a secret condescension, as did George Amberson Minafer: "His politeness was of a kind which democratic people found hard to bear.
Your father never went anywhere, and people saw Eugene with her everywhere she went and though I was with them people just thought" she choked "they just thought I didn't count! 'Only old Fanny Minafer, I suppose they'd say! Besides, everybody knew that he'd been engaged to her " "What's that?" George cried. "Everybody knows it.
George Amberson Minafer came home for the holidays at Christmastide, in his sophomore year, probably no great change had taken place inside him, but his exterior was visibly altered.
"You needn't tell me anything about Isabel Minafer, I guess, my dear old Frank Bronson! I know her a little better than you do, don't you think?" George heard the voice of Mr. Bronson replying a voice familiar to him as that of his grandfather's attorney-in-chief and chief intimate as well.
And George, discontented with the "almost," but contented that she seemed glad to wear a sapphire locket with a tiny photograph of George Amberson Minafer inside it, found himself wonderful in a new world at the final instant of their parting.
Seems to me I've heard the average life in that sort of work is somewhere around four years, and agents don't write any insurance at all for nitroglycerin experts. Hardly!" "No," said Eugene. "I suppose not." Kinney rose to go. "Well, it's a pretty funny thing pretty odd, I mean and I suppose it would be pass-around-the-hat for old Fanny Minafer if he blew up.
He was gratified to see that Eugene was surprised, if not, indeed, a little startled. "He's what?" "He's an expert on nitroglycerin. Doesn't that beat the devil! Yes, sir! Young Akers told Fred that this George Minafer had worked like a houn'-dog ever since he got started out at the works.
Morgan's horseless carriage, conveying four people atop: Mr. Morgan with George's mother beside him, and, in the rear seat, Miss Fanny Minafer and the Honorable George Amberson. All four seemed to be in the liveliest humour, like high-spirited people upon a new adventure; and Isabel waved her handkerchief dashingly as the cutter flashed by them. "For the Lord's sake!" George gasped.
"I thought you were a man of the world: don't tell me you're blind! For nearly two years Isabel's been pretending to chaperone Fanny Minafer with Eugene, and all the time she's been dragging that poor fool Fanny around to chaperone her and Eugene!
"You go on back to your room!" he said; and he began to descend the stairs; but Fanny, guessing his purpose, rushed down and caught his arm, detaining him. "You're not going in there?", she whispered huskily. "You don't " "Let go of me!" But she clung to him savagely. "No, you don't, Georgie Minafer! You'll keep away from there! You will!" "You let go of " "I won't! You come back here!
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