edward morgan

i think i am going to begin my summer syllabus with a forster marathon, beginning of course with a passage to india. luckily he didn't write so many books, and a journey through the entire oeuvre isn't impossibly ambitious.
meanwhile, he's already winning me over anew and as ever.

"I do so hate mysteries," Adela announced.
"We English do."
"I dislike them not because I'm English, but from my own personal point of view," she corrected.
"I like mysteries but I rather dislike muddles," said Mrs Moore.
"A mystery is a muddle."
"Oh, do you think so Mr Fielding?"
"A mystery is only a high-sounding term for a muddle. No advantage in stirring it up, in either case. Aziz and I know well that India's a muddle."
"India's--Oh, what an alarming idea!"