The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. Awakening. To Let

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Galsworthy John. The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. Awakening. To Let

AWAKENING

AWAKENING

TO LET

PART I

I. – ENCOUNTER

II. – FINE FLEUR FORSYTE

III. – AT ROBIN HILL

IV. – THE MAUSOLEUM

V. – THE NATIVE HEATH

VI. – JON

VII. – FLEUR

VIII. – IDYLL ON GRASS

IX. GOYA

X. – TRIO

XI. – DUET

XII. – CAPRICE

PART II

I. – MOTHER AND SON

II. – FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS

III. – MEETINGS

IV. – IN GREEN STREET

V. – PURELY FORSYTE AFFAIRS

VI. – SOAMES’ PRIVATE LIFE

VII. – JUNE TAKES A HAND

VIII. – THE BIT BETWEEN THE TEETH

IX. – THE FAT IN THE FIRE

X. – DECISION

XI. – TIMOTHY PROPHESIES

PART III

I. – OLD JOLYON WALKS

II. – CONFESSION

III. – IRENE

IV. – SOAMES COGITATES

V. – THE FIXED IDEA

VI. – DESPERATE

VII. – EMBASSY

VIII. – THE DARK TUNE

IX. – UNDER THE OAK-TREE

X. – FLEUR’S WEDDING

XI. – THE LAST OF THE OLD FORSYTES

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Through the massive skylight illuminating the hall at Robin Hill, the July sunlight at five o’clock fell just where the broad stairway turned; and in that radiant streak little Jon Forsyte stood, blue-linen-suited. His hair was shining, and his eyes, from beneath a frown, for he was considering how to go downstairs, this last of innumerable times, before the car brought his father and mother home. Four at a time, and five at the bottom? Stale! Down the banisters? But in which fashion? On his face, feet foremost? Very stale. On his stomach, sideways? Paltry! On his back, with his arms stretched down on both sides? Forbidden! Or on his face, head foremost, in a manner unknown as yet to any but himself? Such was the cause of the frown on the illuminated face of little Jon…

In that Summer of 1909 the simple souls who even then desired to simplify the English tongue, had, of course, no cognizance of little Jon, or they would have claimed him for a disciple. But one can be too simple in this life, for his real name was Jolyon, and his living father and dead half-brother had usurped of old the other shortenings, Jo and Jolly. As a fact little Jon had done his best to conform to convention and spell himself first Jhon, then John; not till his father had explained the sheer necessity, had he spelled his name Jon.

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“Mother Lee went round in me and got all fiery,” he mumbled.

“Well, Jon, what can you expect if you eat macaroons after you’ve gone to bed?”

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