Chapter 2
Mr. Emerson at Santa Croce: 'Tell me, Mr. Eager, when does a contadino begin to be Italian?' — exposing tourist hypocrisy.
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George's father, a freethinker and socialist, violates social codes by speaking truth directly; he ultimately delivers the novel's moral wisdom about love and the body.
Chapter 19
'Lying to Mr. Emerson' — his climactic speech: 'You love George... You love the boy body and soul, plainly, directly, as he loves you.' Forces Lucy's self-recognition.
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