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The Voyage Out

CHAPTER VIII
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The meal began with the comfortable silence of people who are quite at their ease together.
Then Ridley, leaning on his elbow and looking out of the window, observed that it was a lovely night.
"Yes," said Helen.

She added, "The season's begun," looking at the lights beneath them.

She asked Maria in Spanish whether the hotel was not filling up with visitors.

Maria informed her with pride that there would come a time when it was positively difficult to buy eggs--the shopkeepers would not mind what prices they asked; they would get them, at any rate, from the English.
"That's an English steamer in the bay," said Rachel, looking at a triangle of lights below.

"She came in early this morning." "Then we may hope for some letters and send ours back," said Helen.
For some reason the mention of letters always made Ridley groan, and the rest of the meal passed in a brisk argument between husband and wife as to whether he was or was not wholly ignored by the entire civilised world.
"Considering the last batch," said Helen, "you deserve beating.


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