Chapter 19
Beebe's chilly reaction to Lucy's engagement to George — 'I am more grieved than I can possibly express.' The collapse of his earlier enthusiasm.
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From A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
Mr. Beebe initially champions Lucy's vitality but coldly withdraws when she chooses George; his retreat into celibate disapproval is one of the novel's most quietly devastating turns, often read as coded.
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