Enduring Love Chapter 2 Summary
MAGICIAN
S. MAUGHAM Chapter 1. Arthur Burdon and Dr. Porhoet walked in silence. Arthur had just arrived in Paris. He was a surgeon at St Luke's hospital, and had come to study the methods of the French doctors; but the real object of his visit to Paris was certainly to see Margaret Dauncey. He looked upon himself as a happy man. He loved Margaret with all his heart and he was sure of her affection for him. It was impossible that anything could disturb the pleasant life they had planned together. "We're going to fix the date of our marriage now," Arthur remarked to Dr. Porhoet. "I'm buying furniture already." "I think only English people could behave as oddly as you in postponing your marriage without any reason for two years," …show more content…
"You must know that I've been wanting you to say that since I was ten."
She was quite willing to give up her idea of Paris and be married immediately, but Arthur had made up his mind they could not marry till she was nineteen. He asked her not to change her plans and to go to Paris, but suggested that she should not live alone; because of that she went to live with Susie.
Susie Boyd was thirty, but she looked older. She was not pretty, but her face was so kind, her sense of humour so attractive, that no one after ten minutes thought of her ugliness. Her taste was so good, her talent for dressing so remarkable, that she was able to make the most of herself. It was due to her influence that Margaret was dressed always in the latest fashion.
There was a knock at the door, and Arthur came in. “This is the fairy prince," said Margaret, leading him to her friend.
“I’m glad to see you to thank you for all you've done for Margaret," he smiled, taking Susie's hand. While Margaret was preparing tea, his eyes followed her movements with a touching doglike devotion. Margaret felt that he was looking at her and turned round. Their eyes met and they stood some time gazing at each other
S. MAUGHAM Chapter 1. Arthur Burdon and Dr. Porhoet walked in silence. Arthur had just arrived in Paris. He was a surgeon at St Luke's hospital, and had come to study the methods of the French doctors; but the real object of his visit to Paris was certainly to see Margaret Dauncey. He looked upon himself as a happy man. He loved Margaret with all his heart and he was sure of her affection for him. It was impossible that anything could disturb the pleasant life they had planned together. "We're going to fix the date of our marriage now," Arthur remarked to Dr. Porhoet. "I'm buying furniture already." "I think only English people could behave as oddly as you in postponing your marriage without any reason for two years," …show more content…
"You must know that I've been wanting you to say that since I was ten."
She was quite willing to give up her idea of Paris and be married immediately, but Arthur had made up his mind they could not marry till she was nineteen. He asked her not to change her plans and to go to Paris, but suggested that she should not live alone; because of that she went to live with Susie.
Susie Boyd was thirty, but she looked older. She was not pretty, but her face was so kind, her sense of humour so attractive, that no one after ten minutes thought of her ugliness. Her taste was so good, her talent for dressing so remarkable, that she was able to make the most of herself. It was due to her influence that Margaret was dressed always in the latest fashion.
There was a knock at the door, and Arthur came in. “This is the fairy prince," said Margaret, leading him to her friend.
“I’m glad to see you to thank you for all you've done for Margaret," he smiled, taking Susie's hand. While Margaret was preparing tea, his eyes followed her movements with a touching doglike devotion. Margaret felt that he was looking at her and turned round. Their eyes met and they stood some time gazing at each other